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INTRODUCTION 

PHILIPPE  BURTY,  the  eminent  French 
collector  and  art  critic,  saw,  in  the  Salon  of 
1859,  an  etching  called  Vue  prise  sur  la  Tamise 
which  so  aroused  his  interest  and  enthusiasm 
that  he  sought  out  its  author,  and,  a  few  years 
later,  published  an  article  upon  him  and  his 
work  in  the  "  Gazette  des  Beaux  Arts,"  *  en- 
titled :  Z'  (Euvre  de  M.  Francis  Seymour- Haden. 
The  article  included  a  descriptive  catalogue  of 
fifty-four  plates  made  between  1858  and  1864. 
Subsequently,  in  1866,  this  article2  was  re- 
printed and  issued  with  a  portfolio  of  etchings 
under  the  title : 

Etudes  I  A  I  L  Eau-Forte  \  Par  |  Francis 
Seymour  Hade?i  \  Notice  et  Descriptions  \  Par 
Philippe  Burty  |  Collaborateur  de  la  Presse  &> 
de  la  Gazette  des  Beaux  Arts  \  Paris. — MD- 
CCCLXVI 

1  Gazette  des  Beaux  Arts,  1864,  vol.  17,  p.  271. 

2  The  catalogue  of  etchings  was  somewhat  changed 
in  reprinting.  Numbers  30,  36,  43  and  52  were  omit- 
ted, and  five  others  (Drake  43,  65,  67,  83  and  84) 
added  in  their  places. 

iii 


M109858 


INTRODUCTION. 

The  studies  comprised  twenty-five  separate 
etchings,  four  head-  and  tail-pieces  pasted  on 
the  sheets  of  the  text,  and  an  etching  on  the 
title-page,  all  selected  from  work  executed  be- 
tween 1858  and  1865.  Only  one  hundred 
and  eighty  sets  were  printed:  the  edition, 
as  announced,  was  to  have  numbered  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  copies,  but,  some  delicate  plates 
showing  signs  of  wear,  the  original  plan  was 
abandoned. 

This  work  introduced  to  the  English  public, 
as  well  as  to  the  French,  the  busy  London  sur- 
geon, who,  long  known  among  his  friends  as  a 
successful  amateur,  was  now  quickly  promoted 
to  the  front  rank  of  English  etchers. 

A  list  of  etchings  without  any  descriptions, 
and  called  Complete  List  of  Mr.  Seymour  Ha- 
ded s  Etchings,  Published  and  Unpublished,  was 
issued  by  J.  Hogarth  &  Sons,  to  whom  their 
sale  had  been  intrusted,  in  1877. 

But  the  most  important  catalogue,  now  long 
out  of  print,  was  written  by  a  friend  of  the 
artist,  Sir  William  Richard  Drake,  and  pub- 
lished in  an  octavo  volume,  bearing  the  title : 

A  Descriptive  Catalogue  \  Of  \  The  Etched 
Work  I  Of  I  Francis  Seymour  Haden  \  By  Sir 
William  Richard  Drake,  F  S.  A.  \  London  :  \ 
Macmillan  &  Co.,  2p  &  30,  Bedford  Street, 
W.  C.  J  1880.  I  All  Rights  Reserved.  \ 
iv 


INTRODUCTION. 

Here  was  given  a  list  of  one  hundred  and 
eighty-five  plates  executed  between  1843  and 
1879,  arranged  chronologically  and  fully  de- 
scribed. Under  the  name  of  each  plate  was 
added  a  list  of  all  the  known  trial  proofs  and 
states,  based  upon  the  collection  of  the  editor, 
but  made  with  the  help  of  Mr.  Haden  himself. 
The  work  was  so  thoroughly  and  well  done 
that  recent  catalogues  have  depended  upon  it 
for  their  descriptions,  and  have  made  it  the 
basis  of  their  enumeration  of  plates. 

In  the  monumental  work,  Les  \  Graveurs  \ 
Du  XI Xe  Siecle  \  Guide  De  D  Amateur  D'Es- 
iampes  Modernes  \  Par  Henri  Beraldi  |  Paris 
1885-1892,  volume  8,  pp.  13-56,  is  a  list  of 
one  hundred  and  ninety-nine  plates,  appended 
to  the  fullest  and  best  account  of  the  artist's 
life. 

The  next  catalogue  of  Haden's  etchings  was 
the  following,  published  in  duodecimo: 

Museum  Of  Fine  Arts,  \  Print  Department.  \ 
Catalogue  \  Of  A  Collection  Of  \  Etchings,  Dry  - 
Points  and  Mezzotints,  \  By  Francis  Seymour 
Haden,  \  Formerly  The  Private  Property  Of 
The  Artist  \  A  Supplement  To  Sir  William 
Richard  Drake's  \  "Descriptive  Catalogue  Of 
The  Etched  \  Work  Of  Francis  Seymour  Ha- 
den" I  Boston:  \  Alfred  Mudge  &  Son,  Prin- 
ters, J  24  Franklin  Street  \  iSpd. 

IA  V 


INTRODUCTION. 

It  was  compiled  by  the  distinguished  cura- 
tor, Mr.  Sylvester  Rosa  Koehler,  from  Mr. 
Haden's  private  collection,  which  had  been 
sold  to  Mr.  Hermann  Wunderlich  of  New 
York,  in  1889. 

The  collection  is  remarkably  interesting, 
containing  proofs  laid  aside  by  the  artist  for 
himself,  and  of  its  completeness  Mr.  Koehler 
says: 

"  The  completeness  of  the  collection  is  appar- 
ent from  the  fact  that  of  the  plates  enumerated 
[by]  .  .  .  Drake  .  .  .  only  Nos.  2,  3,  40,  46, 
50,  75  and  78,  are  not  represented  in  it.  Of 
Nos.  2,  46,  75  and  78,  Drake  knew  of  only  one 
impression  each.  Of  Nos.  3  and  40,  not  even 
a  single  impression  was  known  to  the  same 
authority.  It  may,  therefore,  be  interesting  to 
note  here  that,  according  to  information  re- 
ceived after  the  body  of  the  present  catalogue 
was  already  in  type,  impressions  of  Nos.  40,  46, 
50  and  75  (and  also  of  the  very  rare  No.  53) 
are  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  S.  P.  Avery,  of 
New  York.1 

"  On  the  other  hand,  the  collection  here 
catalogued  contains  proofs  from  four  plates 
not  known  to  Drake,  although  executed  before 
the  publication  of  his  catalogue.  .  .   .   " 

1  The  collection  lately  presented  by  Mr.  Avery  to 
the  New  York  Public  Library. 
vi 


INTRODUCTION. 

Koehler  describes  thirteen  plates  published 
after  Drake's  catalogue  was  issued. 

The  present  exhibition  comprises  all  of  the 
plates  of  Sir  Francis  Seymour  Haden's  private 
collection,  as  described  by  Koehler,  all  of  the 
missing  numbers  not  catalogued  by  him,  ex- 
cept Drake's  Nos.  2  and  3,  and  the  following 
entirely  undescribed  prints:  i858-'59,  A  Top 
of  a  Tree;  1863,  Amsterdam;  1865,  Sketch  of 
Dogs'  Heads;  A  Group  of  Trees;  1882,  Pine 
Trees;  and  three  mezzotints  without  date,  An 
Early  Riser;  The  Fisherman  and  A  Land- 
scape. The  print  called  Cardigan  Road, 
South  Wales,  dated  1864,  (No.  52  of  Burty's 
catalogue),  is  also  included  although  the  fol- 
lowing reference  is  made  to  it  by  Drake:  "  This 
plate  was,  with  the  only  impression  taken  from 
it,  destroyed."  The  catalogue  may,  therefore, 
be  said  to  contain  a  list  of  all  the  plates  of 
the  artist  known  to  the  present  time. 

The  work  which  gained  for  Francis  Seymour 
Haden  the  position  of  the  foremost  etcher  of 
Great  Britain  was  done  during  the  hours  of 
relaxation  in  the  busy  career  of  a  practising 
surgeon;  or,  as  he  himself  has  said:  "This 
short  and  delicious  life  of  an  artist  is  only  a 
very  small  episode  in  a  long  and  laborious 
career." 

He  was  born  in  London  in  18 18.  The  son 
of  a  physician,  he  early  chose  the  same  pro- 
vii 


INTRODUCTION. 

fession,  and  his  education  was  shaped  to  that 
end.  He  followed  the  course  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  London  in  1837,  and  then,  in  1838, 
that  of  the  Sorbonne  at  Paris.  He  was  an 
extern  at  the  Hospital  of  Grenoble  in  1839. 
In  1840,  he  passed  the  final  examinations  in 
medicine  and  surgery,  and  returning  to  London 
in  1842,  he  became  a  member  of  the  College 
of  Surgeons. 

His  health  having  suffered  from  too  arduous 
study,  he  spent  the  years  of  1843  and  1844 
travelling  with  friends  in  Italy.  During  this 
period  he  produced  his  first  published  etchings, 
six  in  number,  the  result  of  an  accomplishment 
learned  for  his  distraction  and  recreation. 

There  is  no  record  of  any  published  plates 
for  fourteen  years  after  that;  but,  in  1858,  the 
year  after  he  had  been  made  a  Fellow  in  the 
College  of  Surgeons,  he  published  four  sub- 
jects. Between  this  date  and  1885,  except  the 
years  1861,  1866,  1867,  1871,  1872,  1875, 
1876  and  1883,  he  produced  the  bulk  of  his 
work. 

Sir  Seymour  Haden  has  had  numerous  dis- 
tinctions conferred  upon  him;  chief  amongst 
them  being  his  election  to  the  presidency  of 
the  Society  of  Painter- Etchers  in  1880.  He 
was  knighted  in  1894. 

He  has  ever  been  a  ready  champion  of  the 
revival  and  establishment  of  the  art  of  etching 
viii 


INTRODUCTION. 

in  England,  and  his  written  and  spoken  words 
have  done  much  toward  the  accomplishment 
of  that  end.  The  following  are  his  published 
books. 

About  Etching.  \  Part  I.  \  Notes  By  Mr.  Sey- 
mour Haden  \  On  \  A  Collection  Of  Etchings 
And  Engravings  \  By  The  Great  Masters  \  Lent 
By  Him  To  The  Fine  Art  Society  To  \  Illus- 
trate The  Subject  Of  Etching.  \  Part  II  \  An 
Annotated  Catalogue  Of  The  \  Examples  Ex- 
hibited |  Of  |  Etcher's  and  Painter- Engraver's 
Work.  J  Illustrated  With  \  An  Original  Etch- 
ing by  Mr.  Seymour  Haden,  \  and  fifteen  fac- 
similes of  Etchings.  \  The  Fine  Art  Society,  | 
148  New  Bond  Street.  \  1879. 

The  Etched  Work  \  Of  \  Rembrandt:  \  True 
And  False.  \  A  Lecture  \  Delivered  in  The 
Gallery  Of  The  Royal  Society  Of  \  Painter- 
Etchers,  April  fth,  i8ps-  \  By  \  Sir  Francis 
Seymour  Haden  \  F.  R.  C.  S.,  P.  R.  E.,  Etc.  \ 
London:  \  Macmillan  &  Co  \  i8pjf.  \  [All 
Rights  Reserved. 

This  work  was  also  translated  into  French 
and  published  in  London,  i8p6. 

Of  the  character  of  Haden's  etchings  Mr. 
Philip  Gilbert  Hamerton  says,  in  an  article 
written  for  "Scribner's  Monthly"  in  1880: 


INTRODUCTION. 

"The  general  impression  left  by  a  careful 
examination  of  Mr.  Haden's  work  is  that  he 
is  really  a  good  and  even  a  great  etcher, 
worthy  on  some  points  to  be  compared  with 
the  very  greatest.  Without  pushing  eulogy  too 
far,  it  is  evident,  I  think,  that  Mr.  Haden  is 
the  most  accomplished  and  most  powerful 
landscape  and  marine  etcher  of  modern  times 
amongst  original  artists.  It  is  of  no  use  to 
compare  him  with  etchers  from  pictures,  who 
are  engravers  in  another  form.  His  purposes 
are  as  distinct  from  theirs  as  oratory  from  par- 
liamentary reporting.  .  .  .  The  public  can 
hardly  know  how  very  rare  such  a  talent  as 
Mr.  Haden's  is  in  the  world  and  how  very  com- 
mon, in  comparison,  are  the  abilities  required 
to  make  a  respectable  etcher  from  pictures. 
The  one  talent  is  as  rare  as  that  of  the  poet, 
the  other  as  common  as  that  of  a  respectable 
translator.  ...  It  may  seem  wonderful  that  an 
amateur  should  have  attained  to  such  a  posi- 
tion that  his  works  should  be  treasured  in  the 
most  exclusive  collections,  and  admired  by  the 
most  fastidious  artists  and  critics,  but  if  the 
reader  could  only  know  as  I  do  how  miser- 
ably low  the  level  of  amateur  performance  in 
etching  generally  is,  the  wonder  would  seem  to 
him  far  greater.  It  can  be  explained,  how- 
ever, in  two  ways.  Mr.  Haden  was  born  with 
a  strong  artistic  gift,  which  is  quite  distinct 


INTRODUCTION. 

from  the  mere  love  of  nature, —  the  gift,  I 
mean,  of  a  masterful  power  and  disposition, 
which  impels  an  artist  to  deal  with  natural  ma- 
terial in  his  own  fashion.  Besides  this,  Mr. 
Haden  has  constantly  surrounded  himself  with 
the  best  works  of  the  great  masters,  especially 
Rembrandt,  whom  he  knows  so  well  that,  on 
any  given  occasion,  he  can  almost  divine  the 
treatment  Rembrandt  would  have  adopted.  It 
is  something  to  have  the  spirit  of  such  a  mas- 
ter always  by  your  side  to  give  you  a  kindly 
hint;  but,  although  Rembrandt  is  always  in 
Mr.  Haden's  mind  to  be  referred  to,  the  Eng- 
lish master  works  in  his  own  way.  It  is  this 
mixture  of  originality  and  tradition  in  his  style 
which  makes  his  work  attractive  to  the  intelli- 
gent. ..." 


XI 


CATALOGUE 


NOTE 

The  prints,  including  those  hitherto  undescribed, 
are  arranged  chronologically,  and  the  states  ac- 
cording to  Drake's  Catalogue. 

The  letters  D  and  K  refer  to  the  descriptive 
catalogues  of  Drake  and  Koehler. 

The  plates  are  not  described,  except  where 
Drake's  descriptions  are  insufficient. 

The  sizes,  when  given,  are  in  inches. 

When  the  word  "marked"  is  used,  it  is  only 
when  the  writing  is  that  of  the  artist. 


PORTRAITS   OF 
SIR   FRANCIS    SEYMOUR    HADEN. 

A.  Dry-point  by   Sir   Seymour   Haden. 

1862.     Not  in  Drake.     See  No.  35. 

B.  Etching  by  L.  Lacretelle: 

1878. 

C.  Etching  by  William  Strang. 

Marked :  zS*  trial. 

D.  Line  engraving  by  Chas.  Wm.Sherborn. 

1880. 

E.  Mezzotint  by  Alphonse  Legros. 

Marked :  First  from  plate  July  17,  1881, 
Goulding. 

F.  Mezzotint  by  Gerald  Robinson. 

Marked  on  back:  i.st  trial  proof  JSx.d  Soc. 
Painter  Etchers.     1887. 

G.  Etching  by  Leopold  Flameng. 

First  state. 


ETCHINGS,  DRY-POINTS, 
AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

BY 

SIR  FRANCIS  SEYMOUR  HADEN. 


1843-4. 

1  The  Tomb  of  Porsenna.     D.  1.     K.  1. 

Trial  proof  (a);  the  only  impression  known. 
Drawn  upon.     Plate  said  to  be  lost. 

2  Houses  on  the  Tiber.     D.  4.     K.  2. 

The  only  impression  taken  from  the  plate. 

3  Pisa.     D.  5.     K.  3. 

The  colored  sketch  from  which  the  etching 
was  made.  The  plate  and  the  only  impres- 
sion taken  from  it  are  lost. 

4  The  Villa  of  Maecenas.     D.  6.     K.  4. 

Trial  proof  (a) ;  the  only  impression  known. 
Drawn  on  with  pencil  by  the  artist.  Plate 
said  to  be  lost. 

1858. 

5  Portrait  of  Arthur.     D.  7.     K.  5. 

Trial   proof  {b).     Plate    destroyed.     F.    S. 
Haden  in  heavy  dry-point  in    lower  right 
2A  5 


A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

corner,  April  1858  in  lower  left  corner 
/<i  iight  5h>es. 

A.  Trial  proof,  not  described.  The  parts  of 
the  plate  above  and  below  the  head  and 
in  front  of  the  strong  line  before  the 
face  have  been  more  or  less  burnished 
out.  F.  S.  Haden  in  thin  lines,  obliquely, 
in  lower  left  corner;  1858  in  centre. 
Traces  of  former  lettering  remain  in  right 
lower  corner. 

Dasha.     D.  8.     K.  6. 

Trial  proof  before  that  described  by  Drake. 
There  are  no  ribbons  at  the  back  of  the  head, 
and  the  dress  is  not  completed  to  the  lower 
margin  of  the  plate.  The  nose  drawn  upon 
in  pencil. 

A,  Same  as  the  previous  proof,  but  the  nose, 
which  in  it  is  aquiline,  is  now  Roman. 

B.  Trial  proof  (a),  as  described  by  Drake; 
the  black  dress  is  now  drawn  down  to  the 
edge  of  the  plate.     Plate  destroyed. 

A  Lady  Reading.     D.  9.     K.  9. 

Trial  proof  (a).  A  fragment  only.  Pure 
etching. 

A.  Trial  proof  (b).  Some  dry-point  work  has 
been  introduced ;  the  back  hair,  which  in 
the  earlier  state  is  short,  is  now  arranged 
with  ribbons  which  fall  to  the  shoulder. 
A  fragment.  On  India  paper. 
6 


DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

B.  Trial  proof  not  described  by  Drake.  The 
bowl  on  which  the  lamp  stands  is  ob- 
scured by  added  dry-point  work  and 
heavy  inking.  A  little  girl  with  long, 
flowing  hair  and  eyes  cast  down  is  seated 
at  the  table,  to  the  right  of  the  lamp. 
There  is  dry-point  work  everywhere  ex- 
cept on  the  cup  and  saucer.  On  the  back 
is  written:  This  state  was  founded  on, 
and  done  at  the  same  time,  as  two  plates 
of  Whistler's,  and  was  intended  to  suggest 
a  composition  for  a  picture.  As  far  as  I 
can  recollect,  the  only  impression  taken  of 
the  plate  in  this  state  was  given  to  Whistler, 
If  so,  this  must  be  the  impression.  It  is  not 
in  Drake,  and,  till  Mr.  Thibaudeau  met 
with  it  the  other  day,  I  had  forgotten  its 
existence.    F.  Seymour  Haden.     Woodcote 

June  I"  1887. 

C.  The  whole  plate  is  re-worked.  The  figure 
of  the  child  is  removed  and  a  curtain  is 
indicated;  the  position  of  the  reader's 
knees  is  changed,  being  lower.  The  out- 
line of  the  table  is  expressed  by  a  strong 
dry-point  line ;  there  is  added  dry-point 
work  on  the  hair,  the  eyes,  and  the  out- 
line of  the  face.  The  shadow  behind  the 
chair  is  completely  altered. 

D.  Trial  proof,  not  described  by  Drake.  Same 
as  published  state,  but  before  the  signa- 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

ture,  in  dry-point,  reversed  on  the  print. 
On  Japan  paper. 
E.   The  published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 
Plate  destroyed. 

8  Amalfi.     D.  10.     K.  15. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  Published  state.  The  word  Amalfi, 
in  the  lower  left  comer,  is  very  faintly 
visible.  On  Japan  paper.  The  plate  is 
missing. 

1859. 

9  Thames  Fishermen.     D.  11.     K.  17. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  India  paper. 

A.  First  state,  marked :  Monsieur  Jacqmart 
S  Haden,     On  Japan  paper,  mounted. 

B.  Between  Drake's  first  and  second  pub- 
lished states.  Drake  describes  the  second 
state  as  "  grey  and  denuded  of  bur,"  which 
certainly  does  not  apply  to  the  impres- 
sion here  shown.     On  Japan  paper. 

C.  Third  state.  The  higher  arm  of  the  tree 
at  the  left,  which  leans  toward  the  right, 
has  now  four  smaller  branches  at  the 
top,  instead  of  two;  the  left  arm  has 
six  smaller  branches.  There  are  minor 
changes  in  the  distance ;  and  the  reflec- 
tions of  the  small  trees  in  the  centre  have 
been  burnished  out. 

8 


DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

io  Kensington  Gardens.  The  small  plate.  D.  12. 
K.  19. 

First  state. 

A.  Second  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

B.  Second  state.  Counterproof.  Plate  de- 
stroyed. 

n   Mytton  Hall.     D.  13.     K.  22. 

Trial  proof  (a).    On  the  back  is  written:  This 
must  have  been  the  first  trial  proof— Bought 
of  Braquemond.     S.  If.     Printed  in  brown. 
A.    Published  state.  On  Japan  paper.  Printed 
in  black.     Plate  destroyed. 

12  Egham.     D.  14.     K.  24. 

First  published  state.  There  are  only  three 
large  birds  in  the  sky,  and  the  large  boat  is 
white. 

A.  Second  published  state.  Twelve  birds  in 
the  sky,  not  "  13  or  14,"  as  Drake  says. 

B.  Third  published  state.  On  vellum.  There 
are  only  eight  birds  in  the  sky.  Plate 
destroyed. 

13  Egham  Lock.     D.  15.     K.  27. 

Trial   proof  (a).     On  Verg6   paper.      With 

Burty's  and  Drake's  stamps. 

A.  Trial  proof  (a).  The  foreground  has 
been  scraped  out  and  the  proof  drawn 
upon  in  crayon  and  India  ink.  On  the 
back  is  written :  Memorandum  to  give  the 

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A   CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

mezzotinter  some  idea  of  the  strength  of  the 
ground  he  is  to  lay.  S.  H.  The  proof  is 
one  of  two  only  taken  in  this  state.  Sir 
W.  Drake  has  the  other. 

B.  First  published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

C.  Second  published  state.  The  sky  and 
signature  removed.     On  vellum. 

D.  Trial  proof  from  the  plate  after  it  was 
mezzotinted.  Marked:  Unique  trial. 
Printed  in  brown. 

14  Sub  Tegmine.     D.  16.     K.  31. 

Trial  proof  (a).    On  Japan  paper.    In  brown. 
Three  or  four  impressions  only. 

A.  Another  impression  from  the  plate  in  the 
same  state,  before  it  was  re-inked.  On 
the  back  is  written,  For  Museum. 

B.  First  published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

C.  Second  published  state.  The  signature  is 
added  in  lower  left  corner.  Plate  destroyed. 

15  Out  of  Study  Window.     D.  17.     K.  35. 

Trial  proof  (a).     Drake  says:  "A  single  im- 
pression taken."     On  the  back  of  this  proof  is 
written:   2  rial.     One  of  very  first.    On  green- 
ish laid  paper.  v 
A.   Trial   proof  (&),  marked:    Aug.  Deldtre 
impr  Londres  i#5p,  and  A  Aug.  Delatre 
Seymour  Haden.    On  the  back  is  written : 
An  impression  with  drypoint  lines  in  sky 

S.H. 


DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

B.  First  published  state,  with  S.  Haden  in 
lower  right  corner.  On  Japan  paper. 
Plate  destroyed. 

16  Fulham.     D.  18.     K.  3S. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  Trial  proof  (b).     On  Japan  paper. 

B.  First  published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

C.  Second  published  state.  To  Drake's  de- 
scription may  be  added,  that  in  this  state 
the  stems  of  the  poplars  in  outline  on  the 
right  have  disappeared,  also  Seymour 
Haden  from  lower  left  corner. 

17  On  the  Test.     D.  19.     K.  42. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Japan  paper. 

A.  "  Trial  proof  between  Drake's  (a)  and  (b). 
This  proof  differs  from  the  following  in 
the  water,  the  bright  light  upon  which  has 
not  yet  been  subdued  by  delicate  lines. 
It  is  marked :  i.st  impression  from  plate  > 
but  this  is  evidently  a  mistake,  as  it  shows 
the  signature  and  some  of  the  work, —  the 
leaves,  for  instance,  added  to  the  twigs 
growing  out  of  the  tree-tops  on  left, —  pe- 
culiar to  the  later  state.    On  Japan  paper." 

— Koehler. 

B.  Trial  proof  (b).     On  Japan  paper. 

C.  Published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

18  A  Water  Meadow.     D.  20.     K.  46. 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

A.  A  second  of  these  proofs,  touched  up  by 
the  artist  in  order  to  produce  a  storm  ef- 
fect, and  with  changes  in  the  trees  to  right. 

B.  A  counterproof  of  (a). 

C.  Trial  proof  (*). 

D.  Published  state.     On  India  paper. 

E.  Pubished  state.     On  Whatman  paper. 

19  Early  Morning  —  Richmond.     D.  21.    K. 

52"53- 
First  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

A.  Second  state.  On  vellum.  Plate  de- 
stroyed. 

20  Kidwelly  Town.     D.  22.     K.  54-55. 

Proof  after  trial  (a).  The  church  tower  is  still 
open  above  and  the  birds  are  in  the  sky,  but 
the  plate  has  been  cleaned.  On  Japan  paper. 
A.  Published  state.  On  vellum.  Plate  de- 
stroyed. 

21  Kidwelly  Castle.     D.  23.     K.  56-57. 

Trial  proof  (a).     F.  S.  Kydwelly  Castle  1859 

is  etched  in  lower  left  corner.     On  greenish 

paper. 

A.  "  Drake's  published  state.  As  a  further 
sign  of  distinction  it  may  be  stated  that 
two  figures,  apparently  of  a  woman  and 
a  boy,  have  been  introduced,  in  light  dry- 
point  lines,  in  the  middle  ground  toward 
the  right.  On  Japan  paper.  Plate  de- 
stroyed."—  Koehler. 


DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

22  The  Mouth  of  a  Brook.    D.  24.    K.  58-59. 

Trial  proof  (a).  On  the  back  is  written:  The 
rarest  and  one  of  the  best  of  my  plates.  S.  H. 
Sir  IV.  Drake  has  one  6°  the  B.  Mus.  one  I 
believe  there  was  a  fourth,  but  am  not  sure. 

There  are  in  fact  four  impressions;  three 
of  them  in  the  United  States. 
A.   Trial   proof    (b),   marked:    Part  of  the 
damaged  plate. 

23  Top  of  a  Tree.     Height,  7^  inches;  width, 

1Z}i  mcnes- 
The  top  of  a  large  tree,  with  foliage,  at  the 
right  of  the  plate.     On  the  impression,  in  the 
artist's    writing  :     Unpublished —  Very   early 
study  —  about  1858  or  p — or  earlier. 

i860. 

24  The  Mouth  of  a  Brook.    D.  25.   K.  60-62. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  Trial  proof  (b).  Three  tree  trunks,  toward 
the  left,  reach  the  top  of  the  plate,  instead 
of  one,  as  in  (a). 

B.  Trial  proof  (c).     Plate  destroyed. 

25  Kensington    Gardens.     The  larger    plate. 

D.  26.     K.  63-65. 
Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  Counterproof  of  (a). 

B.  Published  state.     Plate  destroyed. 

26  Stems.     A  study.     D.  27.     K.  66-67. 

Trial  proof  (b). 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

A.  Trial  (c).  The  plate  is  cut  down  to: 
height,  5^6  inches;  width,  4^  inches. 
The  signature,  which  was  in  the  part  of 
the  plate  cut  off,  has  not  been  re-etched. 

27  A  By-RoadinTipperary.  D.28.  K. 68-71. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Japan  paper. 

A.  Marked :  Trial  [b)  before  cart.  Both  the 
upper  corners  are  nearly  completed.  On 
Japan  paper. 

B.  First  state. 

C.  Second  state.  The  upper  parts  of  the 
trees  on  the  left  have  been  re-drawn,  the 
trunk  of  the  large  tree  being  prolonged  to 
the  top  of  the  plate.  There  are  evidences 
of  the  removal  of  rust,  particularly  on  the 
side  edges.     On  Japan  paper. 

D.  This  impression,  which  puzzled  Koehler 
(see  Nos.  69  and  70  of  his  catalogue),  is, 
without  doubt,  a  late  impression  of  the 
second  state,  with  minor  alterations,  such 
as  the  removal  of  the  dry-point  lines  in  right 
foreground,  and  the  rust  from  the  lower 
right  corner.  The  work  in  the  upper  right 
corner  is  the  same,  but  the  ink  has  been 
wiped  out  of  the  lines.     On  Japan  paper. 

28  Combe  Bottom.     D.  29.     K.  72-74. 

Early   trial  proo£      Not  described.     Three 
trees  leaning  toward   the  left,  and  another 
reaching  to  top  of  plate,  stand  in  the  centre, 
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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

on  the  ridge  of  a  knoll  which  occupies  the 
foreground.  Over  the  edge  of  the  knoll,  at 
right,  another  tree  under  which  a  man  is 
fishing.  To  left  of  this  tree  a  man  is  driving 
a  horse  and  cart ;  behind,  a  hilly  country  in 
the  distance.  At  extreme  left,  some  bushes 
and  rising  ground.  In  lower  right  corner, 
S.  Haden,  i860. 

On  the  plate  is  written  by  the  artist,  to 
whom  the  proof  was  sent  for  identification  in 
1889  :  I  have  not  the  least  remembrance  of  this 
plate.  It  is  of  the  same  size  and  was  probably 
done  at  the  same  time  as  the  Welsh  plates  and 
abandoned.  I  hope  the  plate  does  not  exist. 
S.H. 

He  writes  again  in  1892,  however :  It  is 
undoubtedly,  1 find,  a  trial  of  Combe  Bottom  — 
must  be  the  only  one.     S.  H. 

The  second  thought  of  the  artist  is  correct. 
Though  the  plate  seems,  at  first  sight,  like  an- 
other subject,  close  examination  shows  it  to 
be  an  impression  from  the  etched  plate  of 
Combe  Bottom,  before  any  dry-point  work. 

A.  Trial  proof  {a).  A  man  rides  a  horse  and 
drives  one  in  front  of  him.  (Drake  says : 
"  A  cart  and  horse  followed  by  a  man  on 

foot.") 

B.  Not  described.  A  proof  similar  to  the 
following,  but  before  the  signature  in 
lower  left  corner. 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

C.  Undescribed  trial  proof.  A  ridge  of  sand 
runs  across  the  foreground,  rising  obliquely 
from  left  to  right,  where  it  is  crowned  by 
a  clump  of  bushes;  to  its  right  are  bushes 
heavily  shaded.  The  "  cart  and  horse  fol- 
lowed by  a  man  on  foot "  of  trial  (a)  have 
disappeared.  In  lower  left  corner :  F  S 
Haden.  f*  i860,  and  in  lower  right 
corner:  Combe  Bottom  Going  up  to  fold, 
followed  by  what  appears  to  be  Haden 
and  two  other  words  not  decipherable. 

D.  Trial  proof  B.  The  clump  of  bushes 
on  the  right  has  been  removed,  leaving 
the  ridge  of  sand  extended  across  the 
plate.  Signature  in  lower  left  corner 
changed  to  Seymour  Haden.  The  inscrip- 
tion in  the  lower  right  corner  remains, 
but  fainter.     On  Japan  paper. 

E.  Trial  proof  (c).  The  lettering  in  right 
lower  corner  can  still  be  made  out,  al- 
though much  of  it  is  covered  by  the  new 
dry-point  work.     On  Japan  paper. 

Undescribed.    All  the  foreground,  run- 
ning diagonally  to  more  than  halfway  up 
the  plate  at  the  right,  has  been  removed, 
except  the  rabbits  and  verdure  in  lower 
right  corner,  and  the  bare  space  cleaned. 
Note. — There  are  numerous  trial  proofs  with 
slight  local  differences,  probably  made  at  the 
press  side. 

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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

29  The  Holly  Field.     D.  30.     K.  75-77. 

Published  and  only  described  state.     On  thin 
laid  paper. 

A.  76.     The  same.     On  laid  paper. 

B.  77.  The  same.  On  vellum.  Plate  de- 
stroyed. 

30  The  Cottage  Porch.     D.  31.     K.  78. 

The  pencil  drawing  from  which  the  sketch  on 
the  plate  was  made,  but  never  bitten  in. 

31  A  Cottage  Parlour.     D.  32.     K.  79. 

The  remarks  under  the  foregoing  apply  also 
to  this  subject,  which  was  not  bitten  in. 

32  A  Cottage  Window.     D.  33.     K.  80. 

Trial  proof  (a),  retouched  in  pencil.    Unique. 

On  Japan  paper.     Plate  destroyed. 

A.  Trial  proof  (&) ;  the  plate  cut  down  and 
re-worked.  The  curtain  at  the  right  is 
heavily  shaded  and  there  is  cross-hatch- 
ing below  the  window.  S.  Haden  i860, 
on  the  white  window  sill.  On  Japan  paper. 

22  Shere   Mill  Pond.     A  small  study.     D.  34. 
K.  81-82. 

A  sheet  of  water  bordered  with  reeds  and 
grasses  extends  across  the  plate.  At  the 
right  a  clump  of  trees,  to  the  left  of  which  is 
a  group  of  houses.  A  mountain  at  the  ex- 
treme left,  and  between  it  and  the  houses  men- 
tioned a  tall  chimney  and  trees.  There  are 
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A    CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

clouds  across  the  whole  sky.     In  lower  left 
corner :  Seymour  Haden. 
Trial  proof  marked  "  A  Unique "  in  hand- 
writing of  Sir  William  Drake,  formerly  in  his 
collection. 

A.  Trial  proof,  marked  (3),  The  group  of 
large  trees  on  the  right  is  almost  in  outline, 
the  clouds  are  in  outline,  the  mountain  is 
hardly  indicated,  and  there  are  reeds  in 
the  lower  left  corner  of  the  plate.  There 
is  no  signature  on  the  plate. 

B.  Trial  proof,  marked  C  The  impression  is 
loaded  with  ink,  particularly  the  trees  on 
the  right. 

34  Shere  Mill  Pond.    The  large  plate.     D.35. 
K.  83-87. 
Trial  proof  (0),  cut  to  9^  inches  in  width  and 
5^3  inches  in  height.     Drawn  upon  in  sepia. 
A  fragment. 

A.  Trial  proof  (b).  The  sky  and  duck  are 
etched  in;  also  Shere  Mill  Pond  in  lower 
left  corner.  Drawn  upon  in  crayon. 
Probably  unique. 

B.  First  state.  With  the  word  Shere  in 
lower  left  corner  instead  of  Shere  Mill 
Pond.  Drake  does  not  mention  this  state, 
though  a  number  of  proofs  of  it  exist. 

C.  Second  state.   The  sky  has  been  removed. 

D.  State  not  described  by  Drake.  The  sig- 
nature in  lower  right  corner  has  been  re- 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

moved.     Marked :   Plate  rebitten  and  at 
once  destroyed.     On  very  heavy  paper. 

1862. 

35  Portrait  of  F.  Seymour  Haden.     Not  in 

Drake.  K.  88.  Dry-point.  Size  of  plate : 
Width,  \oy2  inches;  height,  7^  inches. 
Full  bust,  directed  and  facing  to  front,  look- 
ing to  left.  In  a  sitting  posture  behind  a 
table,  on  which  the  arms  are  resting.  The 
left  hand  holds  a  pencil,  the  right  sheets  of 
loose  paper.  To  the  right,  on  a  table,  is  a 
measuring-glass,  with  rod,  a  bottle  of  acid, 
small  vial  of  varnish,  and  a  funnel.  On  a 
sheet  of  paper,  to  right,  the  words  ad  Viv. 
delvt  .  .  .  The  last  word  apparently  Haten. 
Below  this,  F.  Seymour  Haden  ad  vivum  de- 
lineavit.     1862,     On  thick  Japan  paper. 

1863. 

36  Amsterdam.     D.  36.     K.  89. 

Trial  proof  (a).  The  reversed  writing  below 
reads  as  follows:  Sea/ace  of  Amsterdam  from 
theTolhuis— Aug*.  1863:  S.  Haden  ft.  This 
is  the  centre  of  the  town  &  represents  about 
half  of  its  seaface  —  the  docks  being  to  the  left 
of  the  line  with  a  crowd  of  shipping —  &*  ap- 
parently the  manufacturing  portion  of  the  town 
on  the  right.  In  front  is  the  Ywith  vessels  of 
all  sorts  passing  about  6°  now  &  then  a  big 
ship  bearing  up  for  the  docks.  Nothing  can 
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A   CATALOGUE   OF    ETCHINGS 

be  finer  on  a  boisterous  showery  day  than  this 
long  line  of  buildings  some  in  shadow — some 
in  light  —  with  the  bustle  &*  movement  of  the 
shipping  &*  the  agitated  water  in  front.  On 
Japan  paper.     Plate  destroyed. 

37  Amstelodamum.     D.  37.     K.  90-93. 

Trial  proof  before  (a) ;  printed  from  plate  36, 
before  it  was  cut,  showing  only  the  third 
sketch  from  top.  The  foreground  and  some 
of  the  church  added  in  crayon. 

A.  Trial  proof  {a).  Part  of  the  design  on 
the  extreme  right  has  been  scraped  out. 

B.  Published  state.     On  India  paper. 

C.  Marked:  latest — undescribed.  The  por- 
tion of  the  design  which  was  substituted 
for  the  scraped-out  part  on  the  right  has 
been  strengthened  by  shading  lines  run- 
ning obliquely  from  upper  left  to  lower 
right.  Some  work  added  in  the  water 
and  in  the  sky.  On  India  paper.  Printed 
in  black.     Plate  destroyed. 

38  Amsterdam.     A  fragment.     D.  38.     K.  94. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked :  unique  ?  or  has  Sir 
W.  Drake  one  ?  It  would  appear  that  Drake 
knew  only  this  one  impression.  Plate  destroyed . 

39  Cranbrook.     D.  39.     K.  95-98. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  Trial  proof  (b),  marked:  Trial pr:  before 
name. 

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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

B.  First  state.  Seymour  Ha  den  heavily  dry- 
pointed  in  lower  right  corner. 

C.  Second  state.  The  "  two  ships  at  sea  "  have 
been  erased  on  the  impression,  so  that 
only  part  of  the  sail  of  one  of  them  shows. 

40  The  Letter.     A  Study  for  No.  41.     D.  40. 

Trial  proof  (a).  Unique.  On  laid  China 
paper. 

41  The  Letter.     D.  41.     K.  99. 

Trial  proof  (0),  slightly  touched  with  pencil. 
On  Japan  paper. 

42  Dundrum  River.     D.  42.     K.  100-102. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  Trial  proof  (b).  It  would  seem,  how- 
ever, that,  instead  of  being  printed  on  the 
same  sheet  of  paper,  as  mentioned  by 
Drake,  the  two  plates  (this  one  and  the 
following)  were  printed  separately  and 
then  mounted  together.  Drawn  upon  in 
pencil. 

"  This  and  the  following  were  originally  one 
plate,  of  which  no  impression  is  known  to 
exist;  although  there  are  some  impressions  in 
which  the  two  plates  are  printed  on  the  same 
sheet  of  paper,  divided  from  each  other  by  a 
slight  space." — Drake. 

B.  Published  state. — Seymour  Hayden,  in 
upper  left  corner.     Drake  says:  "With 

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A   CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

1 A  diver's  bank,1  in  the  handwriting  of 
the  printer."  In  reality  this  title  is  etched 
on  the  plate.  On  India  paper,  mounted 
on  plate  paper.     Plate  destroyed. 

43  The  Two  Asses.     D.  43.     K.  103-105. 

Published  state.  The  proof  is  marked :  Re- 
ceipt for  Etudes,  and  has  a  penny  inland 
revenue  stamp  attached  to  it. 

A,  The  same  touched  with  pencil. 

B.  Undescribed  state.  The  work  is  the  same 
as  in  the  preceding  impressions,  but  in 
the  bare  space  below  it  is  etched :  This 
plate  is  a  part  of  the  square  one  w.h  follows . 
it.  Both  were  drawn  and  bitten  under 
the  mordant  and  afterwards  cut.  The  bal- 
ance w*  have  been  better  preserved  if  the 
division  had  not  been  made,  and  if  this 
white  space  had  been  filled  in  with  strong 
work  as  intended.     S.  H. 

44  A  Sunset  in  Ireland.    D.  44.    K.  106-113. 

Trial  proof  (a).  In  left  lower  corner,  Seymour 
Hay  den.  1863.  The  stick  in  the  fore- 
ground, on  the  right,  has  not  yet  been  in- 
troduced. 

A.   Trial  proof  C,  marked :    (a)  undescribed. 
This,  however,  is  a  mistake,  as  the  proof 
corresponds   to    Drake's    description   of 
trial  proof  C.     On  Japan  paper. 
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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

B.  Trial  proof  D,  marked :  very  early  (b). 
There  are  two  figures  on  the  left,  how- 
ever; the  stake  has  not  yet  been  intro- 
duced at  the  right,  and  the  plate  has 
been  worked  over,  the  impression  show- 
ing a  rich  effect  of  bur.  On  Japan 
paper. 

C.  Marked  D,  but  an  undescribed  state  be- 
tween Drake's  trial  proof  (d)  and  (<?). 
The  stick  on  the  right  extends  only  about 
half  way  up  the  bank.  In  the  margin  is 
written  :  Dry  impression  but  before  signa- 
ture was  rewritten  — presented  to  Mr 
Avery. 

D.  Marked  C,  but  again  a  state  not  de- 
scribed. The  foreground  on  the  left  has 
been  scraped  out  and  re-drawn  in  pencil. 
The  etched  signature,  also  removed,  has 
been  written  in  pencil.  The  stake  ex- 
tends above  the  bank,  and  lines  have 
been  added  in  lower  right  corner  in  the 
water. 

E.  First  state.  In  lower  left  corner:  Sey- 
mour Haden.     1863. 

F.  The  same,  on  vellum. 

G.  Intermediate  trial  proof  (g).  The  work, 
signature,  and  date  have  again  been 
scraped  out,  and  replaced  by  new  work, 
so  that  the  water  extends  across  the 
whole  foreground.     Seymour  Haden  has 

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been  rewritten,  but  not  the  date.  In  the 
margin  is  written:  /  and  Intermediate 
trial  state,     Plate  destroyed. 

45  Battersea  Reach.     D.  45.     K.  114-117. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Japan  paper. 
A.   Trial  proof  (c).     On  India  paper. 
£.   First  published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 
C.    Second    published    state.      On    vellum. 
Plate  destroyed. 

46  Battersea   Railway  Bridge   and   Sugar 

Factory.     D.  46. 
The  only  impression  known. 

47  Whistler's  House,  Old  Chelsea.     D.  47. 

K.  118-121. 
Trial  proof  (a).  Drake  does  not  give  the  in- 
scription in  lower  left  corner  quite  correctly. 
It  should  be,  Whistler's  House  at  Old  Chelsea 
Seymour  Haden  f*  an ;  1863.  On  Chinese 
paper. 

A.  Trial  proof  {b).     On  Japan  paper. 

B.  Published  state.    A  very  early  impression 
on  vellum. 

C.  Published    state.     On    Creswick    paper. 
Plate  destroyed. 

48  Manorbeer  Castle.     D.  48.     K.  122. 

Trial    proof  (a).     Probably   unique.      Plate 
missing. 

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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

49  Near    the     Grande     Chartreuse.      After 

Turner.     D.  49.     K.  123. 
Published  state.     On  Creswick  paper. 

50  Near  the   Grande  Chartreuse.     A  study 

for  No.  49.     D.  50. 

Unique  proof.     Plate  destroyed. 

51  Amsterdam.     Height,  3^   inches;  width,  6 

inches. 
In   the   distance,  the  houses  and   spires   of 
Amsterdam ;  a  bridge  in  the  middle  distance 
and  locks  and  shipping  in  the  foreground 
at  the   left,  a   river-bank   and   trees.      Am- 
stelodamum  S.  Haden,  1863. 

1864. 

52  Thomas    Haden    of  Derby.     D.    51.     K. 

124-125. 
Trial  proof  (a).  The  inscription  and  date, 
mentioned  by  Drake,  seem  to  have  been 
nearly  burnished  out,  or  not  inked;  only  a 
very  faint  trace  remains  of  Thomas  Haden  of 
Derby,  1778,  in  lower  left  corner. 
A,  Late  state,  not  described  by  Drake.  All 
the  writing  and  shading  above  and  behind 
the  figure  have  been  removed;  78  alone  re- 
mains of  the  signature  and  date  below.  On 
vellum.     Plate  destroyed. 

53  Charles  Thomas  Haden.     D.  52.     K.  126. 

Trial  proof  (b).      On  Japan  paper.     In  the 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

margin  is  written:  This  is  a  medallion  in 
marble  of  my  father.  Charles  Thos  Haden.  by 
Sir  Rutherford  Alcock.  Minister  Plenipoten- 
tiary of  G*.  Britn.  in  China.  S.  H.  Plate  de- 
stroyed. 

54  Sarah  and  Anne  Haden.     D.  53. 

Trial  proof  (a).  Drake  says :  "  turned  to  the 
right."  This  is  evidently  a  slip  of  the  pen;  it 
should  be  "facing  to  the  left."  It  is  Seymour 
Haden  ft.  and  not  "feet."  as  Drake  has  it. 
One  or  two  impressions  only. 

55  Unfinished  Portrait  of  Sir  F.  Seymour 

Haden.     D.  54.     K.  128. 
Trial  proof  (a). 

56  Newcastle  in  Emlyn.     D.  55.  K.  129-130. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked :    i.st  Trial  pr.  and 

unique. 

A.    Published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

57  House  of  the  Smith.     D.  56.     K.  132-134. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Japan  paper. 

A.  Counterproof  of  same  state.     On  Japan 
paper. 

B.  First  published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

58  Kenarth.     D.  57.     K.  135-136. 

First  published  state.     On  vellum. 
A.  First  published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 
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DRY-POINTS   AND   MEZZOTINTS. 

59  Kilgaren  Castle.     D.  58.     K.  138-139. 

Published  state.     On  vellum. 
A,  Published  state.    On  Japan  paper.    Plate 
destroyed. 

60  A  Child's  Head.     D.  59.     K.  140-141. 

Undescribed  trial  proof. 

A.  Trial  proof  (a).  The  difference  is  prin- 
cipally in  the  shadows  to  the  left  of  the 
hat,  which  have  been  made  heavier  by  ad- 
ditional work.     Plate  destroyed. 

61  Cardigan  Bridge.     D.  60.     K.  142. 

First  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

62  The  Fisherman.     D.  61.     K.  144-145. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  Marked:  D  61.  trial  C.  Undescribed. 
The  figure  of  the  man  is  completed,  but 
most  of  the  work  on  the  plate  has  been 
removed,  only  the  distance  in  the  upper 
left  corner,  with  the  mansion,  parts  of  the 
trees  in  the  upper  right  half  of  the  plate, 
and  some  of  the  work  to  the  right  of  the 
man,  being  left  intact. 

63  Penton  Hook.     D.  62.     K.  147-148. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  Trial  proof  (b).     On  Japan  paper. 

B.  Trial  proof,  before  the  published  state, 
touched  up  with  the  crayon.    Before  the 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

few  short  lines  in  front  of  the  face  of  the 
woman  seated  behind  the  tree,  and  the 
dozen  lines  starting  from  the  tree  further  to 
right,  and   running  obliquely  downward 
from  right  to  left;  also  before  the  added 
dry-point  work  on  the  foliage  in  upper 
right  corner,  and  inside  the  V  between 
the  riven  trunk.     A  dry-point  mark,  like 
a  square  and  V  together,  is  at  the  centre 
of  the  top  of  the  plate.     Not  only  has 
nearly  the  whole  of  the  tree  been  burnished 
out,  and  the  part  re-etched,  but  the  lines 
have  been  deepened  all  over  the  plate,  and 
the  general  effect  coarsened. 
S.  R.  Koehler,  usually  so  accurate,  is  in  error 
when  he  says  that  this  is  the  first  state,  re- 
touched.   Also,  that  Drake  forgets  to  mention 
the  seated  figure.     (See  Drake's  Catalogue, 
No.  62.) 

C.    Published  state,  with  the  work  described 
above. 

64  The  Lovers'  Walk.  D.  63.  K.  1 51-154. 
Trial  proof  (a).  On  the  left  are  three  old 
willow  trees  with  bare  branches,  leaning  to- 
ward the  left;  behind  them,  in  the  distance, 
a  fence,  houses,  and  trees.  To  the  right,  trunks 
of  three  tall  trees.  A  cleaned  space  in  the 
centre  of  the  plate  shows  traces  of  previous 
work.  The  willows  throw  shadows  from 
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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

left  to  right  toward  the  foreground,  which 
is  bare.  In  lower  left  corner,  Thames  Ditton 
[the  two  t's  not  crossed]  —  Seymour  Haden 
1864. 

A.  The  space  in  the  centre  has  been  thor- 
oughly cleaned,  and  a  water-mill,  two  fig- 
ures in  a  boat  with  a  mast,  and  two  other 
figures  have  been  lightly  etched  in. 
There  is  added  work  on  the  tree  trunks, 
and  some  foliage  on  the  willows.  The 
shadows  of  the  willows  have  been  re- 
moved, and  underbrush  suggested  in  lower 
right  foreground.  Water  is  introduced  to 
the  left  of  the  willows.  Inscription  as 
before. 

B.  The  trees  have  been  strengthened  and 
clothed  with  foliage,  the  distant  landscape 
at  the  left  has  been  removed,  a  well- 
defined  path  runs  between  the  trees,  and 
the  water-mill  has  been  almost  obliterated. 
The  same  inscription.     On  Japan  paper. 

C.  Counterproof  of  the  same  state. 

The   Lovers'   Walk.     Not  in  Drake.     K. 

*55-i56- 
The  same  composition  as  Drake's  No.  63, 
reversed,  and  with  minor  changes.  The 
water-mill  in  the  middle  distance  is  well  de- 
fined, with  out-houses  and  two  poplars  behind 
it.  A  hill  rises  to  the  right  and  the  boat  now 
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A   CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

has  no  mast.     In  lower  left  corner,  Thames 

Dittom  Seymour  Haden  1864, 

A.   A  later  impression  of  the  same  state. 

66  Thames    Ditton  —  with  a  Sail.       D.   64. 

K.  157-158. 
Trial  proof  (a). 
A.   First  published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

67  Railway  Encroachment.    D.  65.    K.  159- 

160. 
Published  state.     On  vellum. 
A.    Published  state.    On  Japan  paper.    Plate 
destroyed. 

68  Brentford  Ferry.     D.  66.     K.  161-162. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  laid  paper. 

A.  First  published  state.  With  the  words  To 
Whistler  in  upper  left  corner.  On  vel- 
lum.    Plate  destroyed. 

69  The  Towing  Path.     D.  67.     K.  163-168. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Japan  paper. 

A.  Trial  proof  (b).    On  Japan  paper. 

B.  Trial  proof  (c).  The  inscription  in  lower 
left  corner  is  erased.  Seymour  Haden, 
1864,  appears  in  upper  right  corner.  On 
Japan  paper. 

C.  Trial  proof  (d).     On  Japan  paper. 
jD.  Trial  proof  (e).     On  Dutch  paper. 

E.  First  published  state.     On  Dutch  paper. 

F.  First  published  state.     On  vellum. 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

70  Evening.     D.  68.     K.  169-171. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Japan  paper. 

A.  Trial  proof  (3).     On  Japan  paper. 

B.  Published  state.    On  Japan  paper.    Plate 
destroyed. 

71  Boyle's  Farm.     D.  69.     K.  172. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked:  Unique.  On  laid 
paper. 

72  From  the  Mitre.     D.  70.     K.  173. 

Trial  proof  (a),  drawn  upon  in  India  ink. 
Unique.     On  Whatman  paper. 

73  Shepperton.     D.  71.     K.  174-175. 

First  published  state.     On  laid  paper. 

A.   The  same.    On  vellum.    Plate  destroyed. 

74  Shepperton.     A  Fragment.    D.  72.     K.  176. 

Trial  proof  (0),  one  of  only  two  impressions 
taken,  drawn  upon  with  crayon  and  India 
ink.     On  Japan  paper. 

75  Kew  Side.     D.  73.     K.  177-179. 

Trial  proof  {a).     On  Japan  paper. 

A.  Published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

B.  Published  state.  On  vellum.  Plate  de- 
stroyed. 

76  KewSide.  DogBegging.  D.74.  K.  180-181. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Japan  paper. 
A.   Trial  proof  (b).     On  Japan  paper.     Plate 
destroyed. 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

77  Kew  Side.     The  larger  plate.     D.  75. 

The  two  previous  subjects,  Nos.  75  and  76, 
united  on  one  plate. 
Trial  (a). 

From  the  Burty  and  Drake  collections. 

78  Isleworth.     D.  76.     K.  182-184. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Chinese  paper. 

A.  Trial  proof  (0),  touched  with  India  ink. 
The  arch  is  drawn  in  and  a  workman  is 
suspended  in  a  cradle  at  the  upper  right 
corner.  Another  workman  is  at  the  up- 
per left  corner. 

B.  Trial  proof  (b).     On  laid  paper. 

79  Kew  Ait.     D.  77.     K.  185-186. 

Fragment  of  an  undescribed  trial  proof.  The 
bank  of  the  river  is  extended  in  the  distance, 
which  is  nearly  closed  in  by  trees,  and  there 
are  birds  in  the  sky. 

A,  Trial  proof  (a).  Part  of  the  distant 
bank  of  the  river,  and  the  trees,  have 
been  removed,  also  the  birds  in  the  sky, 
where  slight  changes  have  been  made. 

So  Isleworth  and  Kew  Ait.     D.  78. 

The  two  foregoing  subjects  on  one  plate, 
afterward  divided. 

Trial  proof  (a),  drawn  upon  with  ink  and 
pencil.     Unique. 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

From  the  Burty,  Drake  and  Lenox  Library 
collections. 

81  "Croquis."     D.  79.     K.  187-188. 

First  published  state.     On  Chinese  paper. 
A.  Second  published  state.    On  coarse  China 
paper.     Plate  destroyed. 

82  "Griff."     Pencil  drawing.   D.  80.    K.  189-191. 

A.  Trial  proof  (a).     Printed  in  red. 

B.  Trial  proof  (a).     Printed  in  brown. 

83  La  Belle  Anglaise.     D.  81.     K.  192. 

Trial  proof  (b).     On  Japan  paper.     Plate  de- 
stroyed. 

84  A  River  in  Ireland.     D.  82.     K.  193. 

First  published  state;  one  of  twelve  impres- 
sions printed.     On  laid  paper. 

A.  Second  state.     On  Japan  paper.     Plate 
destroyed.     From  the  Burty  collection. 
Drake  says,  "  It  is  doubtful  if  any  impression 
remains  of  the  second  state,"  etc. 

There  are  two  or  three  of  these  impressions 
in  the  United  States.  They  are  very  rare, 
however. 

B.  Intermediate  state,  not  described.  Marked, 
in  lower  left  corner:  This  proof  is  evidently 
the  1st  trial  impression  from  the  plate ',  and 
the  extra  figure  has,  no  doubt,  been  sketched 
in  in  dry-point  at  the  press  side  where  it  is 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

equally  certain  it  was  left  by  the   artist. 
F.  Seymour  Haden.     June  n,  1898. 

Underneath  the  proof,  on  a  separate 
piece  of  paper,  This  proof  must  be  the 
first  trial  impression  from  the  plate  &  [in 
my  opinion]  the  extra  figure  [must]  have 
been  sketched  in  [not]  in  dry-point  at  the 
press-side  —  where  the  proof  was  probably 
left  by  the  artist.  F.  Seymour  Haden. 
The  words  in  brackets  have  been  drawn 
through  with  ink  lines. 

Notwithstanding  the  written  testimony  of  the 
artist,  and  the  confusing  changes  made  in 
various  details,  this  impression  must  be  be- 
tween the  first  and  second  states.  Signs  of 
the  erasure  of  the  second  fisherman  are  quite 
plainly  to  be  seen,  and  the  extreme  point  of 
the  rod  still  remains. 

85  Cardigan  Road,  South  Wales.  Height,  4^ 
inches ;  width,  6  inches. 
A  roadway,  in  which  are  two  figures  in  the 
distance  and  a  man  driving  a  horse  and 
cart  in  the  middle  ground,  runs  up  hill  and 
disappears  around  a  clump  of  small  trees  at 
the  right.  In  the  centre,  an  elevation,  with 
bushes,  brambles,  etc.,  upon  it,  behind  which 
are  trees  and  a  cottage.  At  left,  a  large  tree 
with  foliage,  and  two  smaller  trees  which  in- 
cline out  of  the  plate ;  in  the  distance,  a  castle 
34 


DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

on  a  hill.  Heavy  clouds  are  suggested.  In 
the  centre  of  the  foreground,  otherwise  white, 
are  two  dogs.  In  lower  right  corner,  Cardi- 
gan Road,  S.  Wales,  1864. 

See  Introduction   to    Drake's    Catalogue, 
page  vi. 

1865. 

86  Sunset  on  the  Thames.     D.  8$.    K.  194- 

197. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Japan  paper.     From  the 

Burty,  Drake  and  Lenox  Library  collections. 

A.  Trial  proof  (b),  marked:  (b)  with  rays 
about  the  Sun.  &  much  less  work  every- 
where.    On  vellum. 

B.  Marked:  undescribed.  The  dark  rays 
above  the  sun  have  been  removed,  and  a 
white  spot  remains  which  has  not  yet 
been  reworked. 

C.  First  state,  marked  :  Very  fine  pr. 
Z>.  Second  state. 

Drake  does  not  mention  the  boy  swim- 
ming in  lower  right  corner.  Plate  de- 
stroyed. 

87  Hands  Etching  —  6  Laborum.      D.   84. 

K.  198-202. 

Fragment  of  an  early  proof,  although  not  cor- 
responding to  Drake's  trial  proof  (a).  Touched 
up  with  crayon,  etc. 

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A   CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

A.  Un described  trial  proof,  before  much  shad- 
ing, especially  on  the  right  hand,  and 
before  the  signature.     On  vellum. 

B.  First  state,  with  Seymour  Haden  in  right 
lower  corner.  On  vellum,  the  lettering 
printed  in  brown. 

C.  Intermediate  state,  between  the  first  and 
second,  marked :  undescribed.  Before 
some  cross-hatching  on  the  sleeve,  and 
dry-point  work  on  the  hands,  sleeve  and 
shadows. 

D.  Second  published  state.  On  India  paper. 
Plate  destroyed. 

88  Hands  Holding  a  Crayon.   D.  85.  K.  203- 
206. 

Marked:  widescribed.  There  is  much  less  work 
than  in  the  following  proof,  particularly  in  the 
shading  under  the  right  arm,  which  shows  a 
number  of  clearly  defined  perpendicular  lines. 
On  India  paper. 

A.  Trial  proof  (a),  with  considerable  work 
added.  The  perpendicular  lines  men- 
tioned are  almost  obscured  by  others 
crossing  them.     On  India  paper. 

B.  Trial  proof  {b).  Some  of  the  work  has 
been  removed,  the  upper  outline  of  the 
left  sleeve  has  been  made  more  nearly 
horizontal,  and  S.  Haden  has  been  etched 
on  the  right  below. 

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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

C.  Marked :  undescribed,  but  apparently  only 
a  feeble  impression  of  (b),  touched  up  with 
pencil. 

89  Hands  Folded.     D.  86.     K.  207-208. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Creswick  paper. 
A.  Counterproof  of  same   state.      On   laid 
paper. 

90  Hands  Etching.     Height,  $%  inches;  width, 

6  inches. 

The  right  hand,  with  an  etching  needle,  draws 
upon  a  plate  held  by  the  left  hand,  which 
rests  upon  an  etching.  Underneath,  another 
paper  bears  the  words,  Cher  Burty,  inverted. 
There  are  five  diagonal  lines,  or  rays,  at  the 
left.  There  is  some  dry-point  work  on  the 
plate. 

91  Little  Calais  Pier.     D.  87.     K.  209-212. 

First  published  state.     On  vellum. 

A.  First  published  state,  touched  up  with 
pencil.     On  vellum. 

B.  First  published  state.     On  laid  paper. 

C.  First  published  state,  touched  up  with 
pencil.     On  laid  paper.     Plate  destroyed. 

92  Horsley's   House   at  Willesley.     D.  88. 

K.  213-214. 

Published  state.    On  vellum.    Marked  :  Zinc. 
A.    Published  state.     On  laid  paper.     Plate 
destroyed. 
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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

93  Horsley's  Roof.     D.  89.     K.  215-216. 

Marked :  Trial  a — undescribed. 

A.  A  later  proof.  There  is  much  foul  biting, 
the  wall  under  the  windows  is  covered 
with  lines,  and  there  is  a  bird  on  the  ridge 
of  the  roof. 

Drake  describes  only  one  condition  of 
the  plate,  trial  (a),  so  that  it  is  impossible 
to  say  to  which  of  the  above  states  he 
alludes. 

94  Horsley's  Cottages.     D.  90.     K.  217-219. 

Trial  proof  (a).  To  Drake's  description  must 
be  added  that  a  cow  is  seen,  in  faint  outlines, 
to  the  left  of  the  sportsman. 

A.  Trial  proof  (b)>  touched  with  pencil. 
The  cow  has  disappeared  almost  entirely. 

B.  Trial  proof  (c).  The  sportsman  has  been 
erased.  In  lower  right  corner:  Willesley 
S.  Haden,  1865.     Marked :  Zinc. 

C.  Marked :  Trial  D.  undescribed.  The  white 
roof  of  the  cottage  has  been  shaded  with 
horizontal  lines,  and  the  trees  at  the  right, 
outlined  and  strengthened.  The  fore- 
ground has  been  erased  and  redrawn.  A 
single  bull  replaces  the  herd  of  cattle.  The 
signature,  now  in  lower  left  corner,  is :  Cot- 
tages behind  Horsley's  house,  S.  Haden. 

D.  Published  state.  A  pool  of  water  is  now 
in  the  foreground,  in  front  of  which  is  a 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

growth  of  high  reeds  and  grasses.  The 
inscription  in  lower  left  corner  has  been 
erased,  and  Seymour  Haden  is  in  lower 
right  corner.     Marked :  I.**  and  a  moi. 

95  Old  Willesley  House.  D.  91.  K.  222- 
224. 
A  fragment  of  a  trial  proof,  not  described  by 
Drake,  showing  only  the  houses  on  the  left. 
Except  a  few  lines  along  the  base  of  the 
white  wall,  the  foreground  is  bare.  Drawn 
upon  in  pencil.  On  the  front  is  written:  Old 
Willesley  House.  Zinc.  1865.  On  Japan 
paper. 

A.  A  proof  further  advanced  (Drake's  trial 
(a) ),  but  much  of  the  work  scraped  out 
and  then  drawn  upon  in  Chinese  white 
and  crayon.  Oblique  etched  lines  shade 
the  extreme  right  of  the  wall  in  front  of 
the  house.  Foul  biting  in  the  sky,  and 
at  the  right  of  the  plate.  In  lower  right 
corner:     S.  Haden,  1865. 

B.  First  state.  Not  described  by  Drake. 
The  plate  is  generally  strengthened. 
The  lines  on  the  back  of  the  man  are 
heavier,  and  extend  further  to  the  left;  on 
the  top  of  the  wall  the  lines  are  thicker; 
five  thin,  short,  dry-point  lines  are  be- 
tween the  little  tree  and  the  shrubbery  at 
the  foot  of  the  wall  toward  the  left.  Nearly 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

all  of  the  foul  biting  has  been  removed 
from  the  sky,  but  there  is  considerable 
of  it  on  the  lower  left  side  of  the  plate. 

96  Dog  and  Monkey.     D.  92.     K.  225. 

Trial  proof  (b).     On  laid  paper.     Plate  de- 
stroyed. 

97  Three    Sketches    of    Monkeys.     D.   93. 

K.  226. 
Fragment  of  a  proof,  showing  only  one  of 
the  monkeys.     Plate  destroyed. 

98  "  Puff."     Dog  Asleep  on  a  Chair.     D.  94. 

K.  227-229. 
"  Drake's  trial  proof  (a).  At  first  sight,  this 
proof  seems  to  be  without  lettering,  but  it  is 
evident  that  the  ink  has  only  been  wiped  out 
of  most  of  the  lettering  before  the  impression 
was  taken.  Closer  inspection  shows,  also, 
that  there  was  some  work  immediately  above 
the  sleeping  dog  and  in  the  upper  left  cor- 
ner, but  this  was  left  uninked,  so  that  the  lines 
show  only  as  white  embossed  lines.  The 
head  of  the  dog  awake  does  not  yet  seem  to 
be  upon  the  plate.  Said  to  be  unique.  On 
laid  paper." 

A,  "Marked:  (b)  undescribed.  The  lines  which 
merely  showed  as  white  embossed  lines 
in  (a)  are  seen  more  clearly,  as  some  lit- 
tle ink  has  been  left  in  them,  especially 
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DRY-POINTS   AND   MEZZOTINTS. 

in  those  immediately  above  the  sleeping 
dog,  which  represent  the  head  of  the 
same  dog,  also  asleep,  but  in  a  different 
position.  .  .  .  The  head,  incomplete,  of 
the  dog  awake  has  been  etched  in  above, 
about  an  inch  and  a  quarter  from  top  of 
plate.  The  lettering  has  again  been 
wiped  out  on  this  proof.  On  laid  paper." 
B.  "  Drake's  published  state.  Only  the  sleep- 
ing dog  on  the  fauteuil,  the  head  of  the 
dog  awake,  still  incomplete,  and  the  let- 
tering are  left.  The  *  4  ■  in  the  date  is 
reversed.     On  laid  paper." —  Koehler. 

99  Twickenham  Church.    D.  95.   K.  230-233. 

Trial  proof  (a),  before  the  village  and  trees 
on  the  right  were  etched  in.  On  Japan 
paper. 

A.  Published  state.      A  heavily  inked  im- 
pression. 

B.  The    same.      A    dry,   clean-wiped    im- 
pression. 

C.  Counterproof  of  published  state.     Plate 
destroyed. 

100  Twickenham  Bushes.     D.  96.     K.  234. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

101  The  Assignation.     D.  97.     K.  235-238. 

Marked :  undescribed — ,  apparently  between 
Drake's  trial  proofs  (a)  and  (&).     The  illegi- 
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A    CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

ble  writing  is  still  seen  in  upper  left  corner, 
the  trees  are  still  without  boughs  and  foliage, 
but  the  boy  has  disappeared.  Kew  1865  is 
in  lower  left  corner,  but  not  Seymour  Haden. 
Printed  in  reddish  ink. 

A.  A  similar  proof,  retouched  in  red,  brown 
and  black  chalk,  and  lead  pencil. 
Marked :  undescribed —  touched. 

B.  Another  proof,  retouched  with  red  and 
black  chalk,  lead  pencil,  and  white. 
With  the  full  inscription  in  lower  left 
corner. 

C.  Published  state.  Printed  in  black.  On 
Creswick  paper.     Plate  destroyed. 

102  Spinning  for  Trout.     D.  98.     K.  239. 

Trial  proof  {a),  drawn  upon.  The  plate 
is  destroyed.  Marked:  unique  and  Plate 
lost. 

103  Old   Chelsea   Church.     D.  99.     K.   240- 

243- 
Trial  proof  (a).     A  fragment  only. 

A.  Trial  proof  (b),  marked :  undescribed;  but 
this  is  a  mistake. 

B.  Trial  proof  (c). 

C.  Published  state.     Plate  destroyed. 

104  A 'Wood  —  Below  Richmond  Hill.     D. 

100.     K.  244. 
Trial  proof  (a),  slightly  drawn  upon.    Drake 
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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

says  that  the  date  is  reversed,  but  this  is 
probably  an  error  due  to  the  obscurity  of  the 
writing.  On  Japan  paper.  Two  impressions 
only  printed.     Plate  destroyed. 

105  Yacht  Tavern  —  Erith.    D.  101.    K.  245- 

246. 
Proof  (a).     On  vellum. 

A,  Intermediate  proof,  between  (a)  and  (b). 
Before  Seymour  Haden  on  the  rail  near 
the  post ;  before  the  shading  of  the  water 
in  which  the  five  ships  at  the  left  are 
sailing,  of  the  front  of  the  house  marked 
Burty  de  Baris,  and  of  the  ground  in 
front  of  the  house. 

B.  Trial  proof  (b).     On  Creswick  paper. 

106  Erith  Marshes.     D.  102.   K.  247. 

The  only  published  state.  On  Creswick 
paper. 

107  The  Moat  House.     D.  103.    K.  248-249. 

First  published  state.     Over  the  roofs  of  the 
houses,  to  the  right  of  the  chimneys,  a  poplar 
is  faintly  indicated.   In  the  margin  is  written : 
Study  of  River  bank  Sonning  and  Copper. 
A.   A  similar  proof,  but  the  poplar  tree  has 

almost  disappeared.     Printed  in  brown 

ink,  on  Japan  paper. 

108  Sonning  Aims-Houses.   D.  104.    K.  250- 

251- 

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A   CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

Trial  proof  (#).     On  Creswick  paper. 

A.  Published  state.  On  laid  paper.  Drake 
omits  to  state  that  the  signature  is  re- 
versed.    Plate  destroyed. 

109  Sonning  Bank.     D.  105.     K.  252-253. 

Undescribed.  First  published  state,  but 
without  title  and  signature,  which  have  appar- 
ently been  erased  on  the  plate. 

A,  Undescribed.  Plate  reduced.  A  trial 
proof  between  Drake's  first  and  second 
published  states.  The  figure  in  the 
middle  distance  on  the  right  has  been 
removed,  leaving  a  white  spot. 

B.  Second  state.  The  white  spot  has  been 
filled  in  with  lines.     On  Japan  paper. 

no  Sonning  Gravel  Pit.     D.  106.     K.  254. 

Drake's  trial  proof  (a).  One  of  only  two  im- 
pressions taken.  On  Japan  paper.  Plate 
destroyed. 

Though  Drake  places  this  plate  with  the 
work  of  1865,  the  traces  of  S.  Ifaden,  1861, 
written  diagonally  in  lower  right,  can  be 
plainly  seen. 

in  Harry  Kelly's,  Putney.    D.  107.   K.  255- 

258. 

Trial  proof  (a),  from  the  plate  before  it  was 

reduced.    The  plate  is  unfinished  on  the  left, 

and  the  river  in  the  foreground  has   only 

44 


DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

several  straggling  oblique  lines.  Harry 
Reliefs  is  written  in  ink  at  the  bottom  of 
the  plate  to  the  right. 

A.  A  similar  impression,  cut  down  to 
6^q  inches  width  by  4f  inches  height, 
and  drawn  upon  in  crayon. 

B.  Marked :  First  st  Col.  H.,  but  evidently 
unfinished.  Plate  cut  to  7  by  4^.  The 
houses  and  the  rigging  of  the  vessels  on 
the  extreme  left  are  less  shaded  than  in 
the  following  proof,  and  behind  and  to 
the  right  of  these  vessels  are  the  traces 
of  two  figures,  as  if  standing,  and  of  a 
boat  with  two  men  in  it.  In  the  sky, 
behind  the  masts  of  the  vessel,  a  big 
patch  of  fine  foul  biting.  In  lower  right 
corner:  Seymour Haden. 

C.  Marked:  Trial  c.  There  is  additional 
shading  on  the  roofs  and  in  the  rigging. 
The  last  traces  of  the  figures,  and  the 
boat  with  the  men,  have  disappeared. 
Most  of  the  foul  biting  has  been  removed 
from  the  sky.  The  distant  masses  of 
trees  between  the  principal  houses  and 
the  church  tower  have  been  made 
lighter. 

112  The    Feathers    Tavern    and    Thames 
Side.     D.  108-109.    K.  259.     Height,  6 
inches;  width,  9^  inches. 
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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

The  river  Thames,  in  which  are  two  sloops 
sailing  to  the  left,  occupies  the  whole  fore- 
ground. The  shore,  with  a  long,  low  build- 
ing having  a  high  chimney  and  two  signs, 
The  Feathers  Tavern  and  West  London  Row- 
ing Club.  S.  Haden.  at  the  left,  and  houses, 
trees,  and  vehicles  of  various  kinds  at  the 
right,  extends  across  the  plate.  A  heavy 
sky,  particularly  to  left.  In  lower  left  cor- 
ner :  West  London  Rowing  Club —  S.  Haden 
1865  \  in  lower  right  corner,  hardly  distin- 
guishable :  West  London  Rowing  Club  Ful- 
ham  1865.  On  thick  Japan  paper.  The 
plate  was  afterward  cut  to  make  Nos.  113 
and  114. 

113  The  Feathers  Tavern.    D.  108.     K.  260- 

262. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  First  published  state. 

B.  Second  published  state. 

114  Thames  Side.     D.  109.     K.  263-267. 

This  is  a  fragment  of  an  impression  from  the 
large  plate.     On   Japan   paper. 

A.  Trial  proof  (a).  A  horizontal  dry-point 
line  has  been  drawn  in  the  water,  imme- 
diately under  the  swan. 

B.  Proof  of  the  same  state.  Cut  down  to 
the  final  dimensions — Height,  2-^ inches; 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

width,  3!  inches.  Two  boats  with  fig- 
ures, heavily  drawn  in  ink,  in  lower  right 
corner. 

C.  Marked :  undescribed.  Before  the  reflec- 
tion of  the  central  tree  was  enlarged,  and 
before  the  removal  of  its  branches  from 
the  roof  beneath  it,  and  before  the  change 
in  the  roofs  of  the  out-houses  in  the  cen- 
tre.    On  Creswick  paper. 

D.  The  reflection  of  the  tree  has  been  en- 
larged, and  the  roof  of  the  out-house 
has  been  left  white. 

115  A   Castle,   County   Wicklow.     D.    no. 

K.  268-270. 

Trial  proof  (a).  The  foreground  represents 
a  wooded  valley,  which  fills  the  whole  lower 
half  of  the  plate. 

A.  Trial  proof  {b).  Part  of  the  work  in  the 
foreground  has  been  removed  and  addi- 
tions, including  three  sheep,  drawn  in 
with  crayon. 

B.  Undescribed.  All  of  the  foreground  and 
part  of  the  work  on  the  right  side  have 
been  erased,  preparatory  to  redrawing. 

C.  The  cleared  space  has  been  filled  with 
shrubbery,  and  the  plate  completely  re- 
worked. 

116  Topsail  Barges.     D.  in.     K.  271. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

117  Bark  Refitting.     D.  112.     K.  272-273. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Japan  paper. 

A.  Undescribed.  Behind  the  bark,  and  ex- 
tending across  the  plate,  the  shore  has 
been  lightly  indicated;  to  the  left  rise 
low  hills  with  trees  upon  them,  and  on 
the  waters  of  two  inlets  are  many  small 
sail-boats.  In  the  extreme  left  fore- 
ground, a  boat  with  swelling  sails,  slightly 
drawn  upon  with  pencil.  All  this  work 
is  in  dry-point.  The  sky  and  the  fore- 
ground are  bare. 

118  Sketch  of  Dogs'  Heads.    Height,  4  inches; 

width,  5K  inches. 

The  heads  of  two  dogs,  the  one  at  the  right 
only  partially  done,  are  roughly  etched  near 
the  top  of  the  plate.  Below,  Kew  May  28, 
1S65,  and  in  artist's  writing,  /  sWd  think 
unique  ?     S.  H. 

119  A  Group  of  Trees.     Height,    9^   inches; 

width,  14^  inches. 

At  the  right,  near  the  centre  of  the  plate, 
a  large,  bare  tree  with  widely  extending 
branches,  stands  immediately  before  a  group 
of  smaller  trees,  some  of  which  have  foliage. 
Two  trees,  one  twisted  and  having  foliage, 
are  at  the  left,  apart  from  the  main  group, 
and  a  tree-trunk  is  slightly  indicated  at  the 
extreme  right.  Foul  biting  all  over  the  plate, 
48 


DRY-POINTS  AND   MEZZOTINTS. 

particularly  in  lower  left  corner,  where  is  Sey- 
tnoar  Haden%  1865. 

The  composition  is  similar  to  that  of  A  By- 
Road  in  Tipperary. 

1868. 

120  Firs  —  A  Study.     D.  113.     K.  274-276. 

Published  state. 

A.  The  same,  retouched  with  sepia. 

B.  The  same.     Counterproof. 

121  Mount's  Bay.     D.  114.     K.  277-280. 

Trial  proof,  undescribed.  The  great  wave 
in  the  foreground,  which  in  later  states  is 
etched,  is  here  heavily  drawn  in  India  ink. 
Close  cut.     Without  signature  and  date. 

A.  Another  proof  of  the  same  state,  heavily 
retouched  all  over  in  India  ink.  A 
flight  of  gulls  introduced  in  the  sky  at 
the  left. 

B.  Trial  proof  (a),  with  signature  and  date 
in  upper  left  coiner. 

C.  Published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

122  The  Herd.     D.  115.     K.  281-282. 

Published  state. 

A.  The  same.     The  hill,  with  the  castle  and 

trees  in  the  distance,  have  been  erased 

from  the  proof.     This  space,  part  of  the 

foreground,    and    the    tree-top    at    the 

5  49 


A    CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

right,  have  been  drawn  upon  in  crayon. 
A  flight  of  birds  has  also  been  intro- 
duced.    Plate  destroyed. 

123  The  Three  Sisters.    D.  116.    K.  283-285. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked:  undescribed.  The  in- 
scription in  lower  right  corner  is  fainter  than 
in  the  next  proof,  owing  to  defective  inking. 

A,  The  same,  drawn  upon  in  India  ink; 
also  marked :  undescribed. 

B.  Published  state.     On  Whatman  paper. 

124  A  Riverside,  Devon.  D.  117.    K.  286-287. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked :  First  trial  impres- 
sion from  plate.  On  Whatman  paper. 
A.  The  plate  has  been  rebitten,  and  strength- 
ened by  additional  work.  Horizontal 
lines  appear  on  the  trees  in  the  distance, 
seen  through  the  opening  at  the  left. 
Two  reflections  of  trees  at  the  lower 
right  of  the  plate  are  extended  across 
Seymour  and  Haden.  Several  new  lines 
forming  ripples  have  been  introduced 
at  the  bottom  of  the  plate.  There  is 
some  foul  biting  in  the  water. 

125  The  Turkish  Bath— With  Two  Fig- 

ures.    D.  118.     K.  288-291. 
Trial  proof  (a).     On  laid  paper. 
A.   Marked :  Trial  C.  Undescribed  by  Drake. 
It  differs   from  (a)    and  the  published 
5° 


DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

state  by  showing  less  bur  about  the  negro 
than  the  former,  and  more  than  the  latter. 

B.  Published  state. 

C.  Published  state.     Printed  in  brown. 

126  The  Turkish  Bath  — With  One  Figure. 

D.  119.     K.  292-295. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  Japan  paper. 

A.  Trial  proof  (c).     On  Japan  paper. 

B.  Undescribed  trial  proof,  very  rich  in  bur, 
the  background  on  both  sides  of  the  fig- 
ure being  almost  equally  black.  S. 
Haden  in  lower  left  corner.  On  thin 
laid  paper.     Cut  close. 

C.  Published  state.     On  Creswick  paper. 

127  Battersea  Bridge.     D.  120.     K.  296-299. 

Trial  proof  (b).  The  inscription  reads :  Zinc, 
a  Monsur  Victor  Schozlcher,  1868;  in  lower 
right  corner,  S,  Hadens,  the  final  s  being 
doubtless  accidental.     On  Whatman  paper. 

A.  Undescribed :  between  Drake's  first  and 
second  published  states.  The  sail  shows 
the  oblique  shading  lines,  but  the  upper- 
most cloud  on  the  left  is  white.  On 
Whatman  paper. 

B.  Second  published  state.  The  cloud  is 
shaded. 

C   Third  published  state. 
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A  CATALOGUE  OF  ETCHINGS 
l86g. 

128  The  Island,  Boyle's  Farm.     D.  121.    K. 

300-304. 

Marked :  undescribed  by  Sir  W.  D.  In  the 
middle  of  the  foreground  is  a  punt  with 
two  men  fishing.  In  lower  left  corner :  Sey- 
mour Haden  i£6p,  the  9  reversed.  In  lower 
right  corner:  Zinc  Thames  Ditton  House. 
The  larger  figure  in  the  boat  is  touched  with 
pencil. 

A.  Another  impression  of  same  state,  but 
cut  off  above  and  below  and  the  punt 
scraped  out. 
JB.  Trial  proof  (b).  Reflections  of  trees  ex- 
tend over  part  of  the  space  formerly  oc- 
cupied by  the  boat.  The  inscription  in 
lower  right  corner  has  been  removed, 
but  slight  traces  of  it  are  still  visible. 

C.  Same  state,  washed  with  sepia. 

D.  Undescribed  later  state.  Rebitten.  Foul 
biting,  especially  in  lower  left  corner. 
Printed  in  brownish  ink. 

129  The  Inn,  Purfleet.     D.  122.   K.  305-309. 

Marked :  undescribed  by  Sir  W.  D.  anterior 
to  trial  a  undescribed.  On  the  left,  about  on 
a  line  with  the  man-of-war's  pinnace,  there 
are  three  projections  of  the  bank  jutting  out 
into  the  river,  whereas  in  (a)  there  are  only 
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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

two.     i£6p,  near  lower  right  corner.     On 
India  paper. 

A.  Trial  proof  (a).  The  flat  space  in  front 
of  the  first  two  piles  on  the  left  has 
been  shaded. 

B.  Trial  proof  (b).  The  ground  in  the 
middle  distance  has  been  shaded;  the 
foreground  is  still  bare. 

C.  First  published  state.  In  lower  left 
corner,  Purfleet ;  in  lower  right,  1869 
Seytnr.  Hadenft.     On  Whatman  paper. 

D.  Third  published  state.  The  plate  has 
evidently  been  rebitten. 

130  Opposite  the  Inn,  Purfleet.    D.  123.    K. 

3*0-311. 

Trial   proof,  marked:   undescribed.      Drake 
does   not  mention  that  the   signature  Sey- 
mour Hade7i  is  in  the  lower  left  corner. 
A.   Undescribed  later  state.     The  work  in 
the  foreground,  including  the  brig  and 
the  signature,  has  been  removed. 
Note. —  Drake  is  in  error  regarding  the 
size.     The  correct  measurement  is:   width, 
10  inches;  height,  6-f$  inches. 

131  The    Inn,   Purfleet,   and   Opposite    the 

Inn,  Purfleet.  D.  122-123.  K.  312-313. 
These  two  plates  are  printed  on  one  sheet 
of  India  paper,  so  as  to  form  a  panorama. 
The  states  are  earlier  than  any  heretofore 
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A    CATALOGUE   OF    ETCHINGS 

described.  The  left  plate  has  the  three  pro- 
jections described  under  122,  but  across  the 
foreground  run  some  heavily  bitten  lines, 
and  there  is  considerable  foul  biting.  The 
date,  1869,  has  not  yet  been  introduced;  in 
lower  left  corner  an  inscription  has  been 
erased,  and  is  now  partly  covered  by  On 
Zinc  Seymour  Haden.  The  plate  on  the  right 
—  D.  123  —  shows  more  work  than  Drake 
describes.  The  sky  is  filled  with  heavy 
etched  lines,  continuations  of  and  like  those 
in  D.  122.  The  two  vessels,  with  white  sails 
in  the  later  states,  are  dark  and  differ  in 
shape,  and  a  smaller  vessel  is  seen  between 
and  in  front  of  them,  as  well  as  a  steamer  to 
the  right  of  centre  of  plate.  The  water  in  the 
foreground  is  worked  with  lines,  which  are 
continuations  of  those  in  No.  129,  and  there 
is  much  foul  biting  in  it.  Most  of  the  parts 
which  were  to  be  taken  out  are  covered 
with  white. 

A,  Counterproofs,  printed  on  one  sheet  of 
Japan  paper.  Parts  marked  x  were 
intended  to  have  been  erased. 

132  A  Likely  Place  for  a  Salmon.     D.  124. 
K.  314-316. 
Trial  proof  (a). 

A.    Undescribed  trial  proof.     Some  of  the 
trees  and  bushes  on  the  further  side  of 
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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

the  river  have  been  lightly  shaded.  The 
pointed  rock  to  the  right  of  the  fisher- 
man's line  is  shaded  with  strongly 
etched  lines. 
B.  Undescribed  trial  proof.  There  is  ad- 
ditional shading  on  the  trees  at  the 
right,  and  the  bushes  on  the  extreme 
right  have  been  replaced  by  tree  trunks. 
The  small  fisherman  is  now  a  larger  one 
in  white  pantaloons.  There  is  additional 
work  in  the  river,  and  the  contour  and 
position  of  the  pointed  rock  are  slightly 
changed.  The  tree  at  the  left,  on  the 
right  bank,  has  been  strongly  modeled ; 
the  remainder  of  the  clump,  as  well  as 
the  water  beneath,  and  the  man,  are 
drawn  upon  in  pencil. 
On  all  these  proofs,  in  lower  left  corner: 
Llanstephan  — 1869  —  S.  Haden. 

133  Ludlow  Castle.     D.  125.     K.  317-319. 

Trial  proof  (a).     Printed  in  brown. 

A.   Trial  proof  (a),  drawn  upon  in  crayon. 

134  Whitfield  Yew.     D.  126.     K.  320. 

Undescribed  trial  proof.  Drake  mentions 
only  one  trial  proof,  that  of  the  Haden  Col- 
lection here  shown,  but  he  does  not  state 
that  the  foreground  and  middle  ground  are 
bare,  and  he  gives  signature  and  date,  Sey- 
mour ITaden,  1869,  which  are  here  wanting. 
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A  CATALOGUE  OF  ETCHINGS 
I87O. 

135  The  Two  Sheep.     D.  127.    K.  321-324. 

Trial  proof  {a),  as  described  by  Drake,  ex- 
cept that  Seymour  Haden,  1870,  is  not  in 
the  lower  left  corner,  and  there  are  two  men 
in  the  boat  instead  of  one. 

A.  Trial  proof  (b)y  still  before  the  name 
of  Haden.     On  laid  paper. 

B.  Published  state,  though  marked:  wide- 
scribed.  It  corresponds  with  the  descrip- 
tion given  by  Drake.     On  Japan  paper. 

C.  Marked:  Ist,  but  a  later  state.  The 
plate  has  been  rebitten,  and  much  of  the 
work  in  the  left  foreground  has  been 
erased,  including  the  rabbit  and  the 
name  and  date.  The  delicate  work  on 
the  sheep,  and  most  of  the  shading  lines 
on  the  tree  in  the  upper  right  corner,  have 
disappeared. 

136  Breaking  up  of  the   Agamemnon.     D. 

128.     K.  325-33x- 

Trial  proof  (#),  marked:  (a)  First  impres- 
sion from  plate.     On  blue  paper. 

A.  Trial  proof  (a),  marked:  a  Second  im- 
pression from  plate. 

B.  Trial  proof  {a).     Counterproof. 

C.  Trial  proof  (c),  marked:  (c)  with  balk  of 
timber. 

D.  Undescribed  trial  proof.   The  extra  balk 

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DRY-POINTS   AND   MEZZOTINTS. 

of  timber  and  the  church  in  the  distance 
under  the  fluke  of  the  anchor  have  been 
removed,  but  instead  of  the  church 
there  are  only  clouds.  Marked :  Trial 
proof  with  balk  of  timber  and  distance 
removed. 

E.  First  published  state,  marked :  i.st  State. 
This  is  perhaps  the  finest  impression  taken 

from  the  plate.  S.  H.  On  Whatman 
paper. 

F.  Second  published  state,  marked :  2.d  St 

This  is,  I  think,  the  finest  impr.  taken  in 
this  State.     On  Whatman  paper. 


137  Iffley  Mill.     D.  129.     K.  332-335. 

Undescribed  trial  proof,  earlier  than  (a). 
The  walls  of  the  mill  are  white,  while  those 
in  (a)  are  covered  by  lines.  The  remainder 
of  the  impression  is  more  or  less  scraped 
out  and  drawn  upon  in  crayon  and  India 
ink.     On  plate  paper. 

A.  Trial  proof  (a). 

B.  Trial  proof  (b).  The  man,  rod,  dog  and 
punt,  in  the  lower  right  corner,  have 
been  removed  and  tall  grasses  occupy 
their  place;  above,  in  front  of  the  large 
tree,  a  man  with  a  rod  and  net,  wading 
in  the  river,  has  been  introduced. 
Drake's  statement  that  this  last  figure 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

"  replaces  "  the  first  is  obviously  incor- 
rect. 
C.  Trial  proof  (b).     On  Whatman   paper. 
Washed  with  sepia. 

138  A  Brig  at  Anchor.     D.  130.     K.  336-338. 

Trial  proof  (a).     On  India  paper,  mounted. 

A.  Marked:  Trial — undescribed — before 
cross  hatching  on  sail.  The  top  of  the 
sail  is  shaded  with  heavy  perpendicular 
dry-point  lines,  so  that  it  is  almost  black. 
On  Whatman  paper. 

B.  Published  state.  The  top  of  the  sail  is 
shaded  by  lines  showing  more  delicate 
gradation,  crossing  one  another  at  right 
angles.  On  Japan  paper.  Plate  de- 
stroyed. 

1873. 

139  Sawley  Abbey.     D;  131.     K.  339-348. 

Trial  proof  (a).     Under  the   weeds,  three 
inches  from  right  margin,  the  name  Zulu. 

A.  Undescribed  trial  proof.  The  weeds  and 
name  on  the  right,  with  the  lines  above 
them,  up  to  the  cloud  lines,  have  been 
removed. 

B.  Counterproof  of  same  state.  On  What- 
man paper. 

C.  Counterproof  of  same  state,  washed  with 
colors. 


DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

D.  Marked:  Trial,  undescribed.  A  hill, 
with  a  cart  at  its  foot,  has  been  intro- 
duced in  the  right  distance,  the  sky  in 
right  upper  corner  has  been  shaded  with 
oblique  lines,  and  a  few  lines  have  been 
added  to  right  of  dogs,  in  middle  and 
foreground. 

E.  A  counterproof  of  same  state,  marked : 
Trial  (b)  undescribed — reverse. 

F.  Published  state. 

G.  Trial  proof,  marked:  undescribed  — 
unique?  A  flock  of  seven  sheep  has 
been  introduced  in  the  foreground.  The 
tips  of  two  of  the  weeds  are  still  seen  at 
about  the  centre  of  the  plate. 

JT.  Undescribed.  Only  three  of  the  sheep 
are  left,  and  the  tips  of  the  weeds  have 
disappeared,  leaving  a  break  in  the  line 
of  the  bank. 

140  By  Inveroran.     D.  132.     K.  349-352. 

Trial  proof  (a).     The  sky1  has  been  erased 

on  the  proof.     On  Whatman  paper. 

A.    Marked:   Trial  (b),  undescribed.     The 

work  in  the  middle  ground,  below  the 

hill,  has  been  removed,  in  a  line,  almost 

from  the  river  to  the  left  edge  of  the 

plate.     All  the  lines  along  the  bottom 

of  the  plate,  those  in  the  stream  at  the 

right,  as  well  as   the   name   and  date, 

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A   CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

have  been  taken  out.     There  is  foul  bit- 
ing at  the  left. 

141  Scotch  Firs,  Inveroran.  D.  133.   K.  353- 

355- 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  Trial  proof  (a).     Counterproof. 

B,  Published  state. 

142  The  Amstel.    D.  134.   K.  356-358.   Height, 

6  inches;  width,  9  inches. 
The  composition  occupies  the  centre  of  the 
plate,  5*^x6^  inches.  The  outside  edges 
are  foul  bitten.  The  river,  boats,  timber, 
quays,  with  posts,  etc.,  occupy  the  foreground. 
On  the  left  side  of  the  river,  houses,  trees, 
etc.,  and  several  vessels  moored  to  the  bank. 
In  lower  left  corner :  Seymour  Haden,  1873. 
Pure  etching. 

A.  Second  trial  proof.  The  ground  and 
some  of  the  houses  at  the  left  are  now 
shaded;  two  men  in  the  foreground  are 
hauling  timber,  and  the  sail  of  the  vessel 
in  middle  distance,  which  was  white,  is 
now  shaded  by  crosslines.  The  clouds 
on  the  horizon  and  the  distance  are  better 
expressed,  and  one  half  of  the  sun  is 
seen  near  where  the  river  disappears. 

Note. — When    Drake's    Catalogue    was 
compiled,  this  plate  had  not  been  bitten  in. 
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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 
1874. 

143  Dolmellynlyn.     D.  135.     K.  359-360. 

Counterproof.     Judging    from    Drake's  de- 
scription of  trial  proof  (a),  this  is  a  later 
state,  as  the  "incline  heavily  wooded"  on 
the  left,  has  been  removed. 
A.  Counterproof  of  same  state,  retouched. 

144  The   Mill  Wheel.    D.  136.     K.  361-362. 

First  published  state.     On  Whatman  paper. 
A.   Second    published    state.      On    Japan 
paper. 

145  Harlech.    D.  137.    K.  363-367. 

Published  state.     There  are  only  twelve  im- 
pressions. 

A.  Mezzotinted.  Marked:  Trial,  i.st  scrape, 
one  sitting  —  with  ordinary  Etching 
Scraper  —  Experiment  on  Zinc.  Printed 
in  warm  black. 

B.  Later  state,  drawn  upon  in  pencil.  More 
of  the  sky  has  been  removed.  A  new 
mezzotint  ground  has  been  laid  on  lower 
right  of  plate,  partly  obscuring  the  line 
of  the  stream  in  the  middle  distance. 
Printed  in  brown.     On  plate  paper. 

146  An   Essex   Farm.     D.  138.     K.  368-375. 

Trial  proof,  marked :  (a)  unique  ?     The  top 
of  a  mast  and  sail  of  a  boat,  three  masts  of 
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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

a  ship,  and  the  top  of  the  mainsail  show 
above  the  houses  and  rocks  at  the  right.  A 
stook  of  corn  at  left  rises  above  the  horizon. 

A.  Apparently  same  state,  but  extensively- 
scraped  and  then  touched  up  with 
crayon  and  washed  with  sepia. 

B.  Undescribed.  The  masts  of  the  ship 
have  been  burnished  out,  faint  traces  of 
them  only  showing.  The  top  of  the 
sail  remains.  The  mast  and  sail  of  the 
small  boat  and  the  stook  of  corn  have 
been  removed,  leaving  a  bare  space. 
Slightly  touched  up. 

C.  Undescribed.  The  sky  where  the  masts 
were,  is  lightly  worked,  and  the  sail  re- 
maining is  now  shaded.  The  coast-lines 
on  both  sides  of  the  river  are  delineated. 
Several  vessels,  including  a  steamer,  have 
been  introduced,  and  some  lines  have 
been  drawn  in  the  left  middle  ground. 

D.  Undescribed.  The  vessel  with  three 
sails,  and  the  two  little  boats  to  right 
and  left  of  it,  have  disappeared,  and 
their  place  is  taken  by  two  rowboats; 
on  the  stern  of  the  one  to  right  is  a 
small  sail.  The  lines  in  left  middle 
ground  have  been  removed.  In  the 
margin  is  written  :  The  plate  dirty. 

E.  Undescribed.  Nearly  the  same  state  as 
before,  but  the  plate  cleaned.     In   the 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

removal  of  the  foul  biting,  parts  of  the 
distant  shore-line  have  been  obliterated. 
Printed  in  reddish  brown  on  laid  paper. 
In  the  margin  is  written :  Trial,  C.  — 
too  red — m —  burnt  umber — no  burnt 
Sienna. 

147  The  Boat-House.     D.  139.     K.  376-379. 

Trial  proof  (a).  There  are  only  a  few 
coarse  cloud-lines  in  the  sky ;  coarse,  foul 
biting  in  sky  and  middle  ground;  finer  foul 
biting  in  the  foreground. 

A.  Counterproof  of  same  state,  washed 
with  color.     On  Whatman  paper. 

B.  Trial  proof  (b).  Not  in  Drake.  The 
foul  biting  in  the  sky,  except  that  in 
upper  right  corner,  has  been  removed. 
In  the  margin  below  is  written: — foul 
biting  in  sky  erased  6°  portion  of  fore- 
ground &  signature  removed. 

C.  Undescribed.  The  lower  part  of  the 
sky  is  shaded  by  strong  oblique  lines. 
The  lines  in  the  immediate  foreground 
have  nearly  all  been  removed. 

148  Calais    Pier  —  After   Turner.       D.  140. 

K.  380-385. 
Trial  proof  (a).     An  impression  taken  with- 
out ink  in  the  lines,  to  show  the  biting. 

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A   CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

A.  Trial  proof  (a).  Another  impression. 
The  plate  is  lightly  worked;  none  of  the 
sails  of  the  vessels  are  shaded,  nor  the 
pier  at  extreme  left  of  plate. 

£.  Trial  proof  (b).  The  pier  at  left  is 
shaded,  also  some  of  the  sails,  including 
that  of  the  small  boat  at  right.  The 
sky  is  almost  completely  covered  with 
clouds. 

C.  Trial  proof,  marked  :  Trial  undescribed 
by  Drake  between  a  b3  b  &*  c.  The 
greater  part  of  the  sky  has  been  removed 
and  re-drawn.  Some  foul  biting.  The 
sail  on  the  small  boat  to  right  is  again 
white. 

D.  Trial  proof,  Marked :  (d)  April  1875. 
The  whole  plate  is  strengthened,  particu- 
larly the  sky  at  left.  The  sail  on  the 
boat  at  right  is  shaded  by  what  appears 
to  be  aquatint,  and  a  few  dry-point 
lines. 

E.  Second  state;  with  the  man's  face  in  the 
clouds  at  left. 

F.  Third  state ;  unpublished.  Marked :j/ 
State  — prepared  for  Mezzotinting. 

G.  Impression  from  the  centre  plate,  which 
was  mezzotinted. 

149  Pool  Dornie.     D.  141.     K.  386-387. 

Trial  proof  (a).     A  river,  making  a  sudden 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

bend  to  left  in  the  distance,  where  it  is  lost 
to  view  between  low  wooded  hills,  fills  the 
whole  of  the  middle  ground  and  the  right 
foreground.  To  left,  in  foreground,  a  knoll 
with  ferns  and  two  large  trees.  Three  points 
of  the  left  bank  jut  into  the  river  in  the 
distance. 

A.  Undescribed.  The  trees  and  ferns  at 
left  have  been  removed,  and  in  their 
place  are  large  boulders,  from  which 
tangled  shrubs,  heavily  shaded,  hang 
over  the  river.  In  place  of  the  river  at 
left  middle  distance,  a  bank  with  trees. 
A  man  fishing  on  right  bank.  The  trees 
on  the  banks  of  the  river  are  altered, 
also  heavily  shaded,  and  swirling  water 
is  expressed  in  the  river.  Seymour 
Haden,  across  the  man's  legs  at  left.  In 
margin  below,  in  pencil:  D  —  unpub- 
lished\  trial — not  described.  No  signa- 
ture. Touched  in  pencil.  In  the  margin : 
Jan.  26.  1878  in  pencil.  Drake,  how- 
ever, assigns  the  plate  to  1874. 

B.  Undescribed.  Most  of  the  work  on  the 
left  has  been  erased,  including  the  feet 
of  the  man,  who  has  been  partly  re- 
drawn, and  the  space  in  part  left  bare. 
In  the  margin  is  written:  trial  141  — 
plate  abandoned. 


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1877. 

IS° 

Hand 

Painting.     D.  142 

Trial 

proof  (a). 

»5* 

Hands 

39°- 

;  Dry-Pointing. 

Trial 

proof  (a). 

A.   Trial  proof  {b). 

.     K.  388. 

D.  143.     K.  389- 


152  Winchelsea  Canal.     D.  144.    K.  391-394. 

Trial  proof  (a),  partly  erased  and  drawn 
upon. 

A.  The  mezzotint.  Undescribed  trial  proof. 
The  little  tower  on  the  horizon  at  the 
left  (Camber  Castle)  has  disappeared. 
Printed  in  brown. 

B.  Another  undescribed  proof  with  changes 
in  the  mezzotinting,  particularly  in  the 
water  in  right  foreground.  Printed  in 
dark  brown. 

153  Divergent  Paths.     D.  145.     K.  395-399. 

Undescribed;  before  Drake's  trial  proof  (a). 
In  this  proof  there  are  only  the  two  roads  in 
the  middle,  reeds  or  high  grass  on  either 
side,  and  bushes  in  the  background,  the 
whole  expressed  in  very  strong  contrasts  of 
black  and  white.  The  proof  is,  however, 
marked  (a). 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

A.  Undescribed.  The  bushes  in  the  back- 
ground have  been  partly  scraped  away 
to  make  room  for  the  trunks,  which  have 
been  drawn  in  pencil.  Marked  :  Trial. 
Jan.  6,  1878  (b). 

£.  A  similar  proof,  drawn  upon.  In  the 
margin  to  left  is  written:  Trial.  Jan. 
6, 18/8  c  undescribed — ;  to  right :  The 
divergent  paths. 

C.  Drake's  trial  proof  (a).  The  tree- trunks 
are  now  expressed  to  the  left,  in  dry- 
point.  Additions  have  also  been  made 
to  the  foreground  on  the  left.  The  sig- 
nature, Seymour  Haden,  not  mentioned 
by  Drake,  has  been  dry-pointed  in 
lower  left  corner.  In  the  margin  is  writ- 
ten: (d)  undescribed. 

154  Windmill  Hill  (No.  1).  D.  146.  K.  400- 
402. 
Trial  proof  (a).  The  left  half  of  the  roof  of 
the  house  is  shaded.  In  the  margin  is  writ- 
ten: 1  Trial  Oct.  7,  1877.  (a)  Ist  from 
plate. 

A.  Trial  proof  (b),  touched  in  pencil.  In 
the  margin  is  written :  Windmill  Hill — 
Early  trial — (b).  The  roof  is  still  shaded 
on  its  left  half.    On  Japan  paper. 

B.  Published  state.  The  whole  roof  is 
shaded. 

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155  Windmill  Hill  (No.  2).     D.  147.     K.  403- 

405. 
Trial  proof  (a).  The  middle  ground  on  the 
left  is  bare.     Much  foul  biting. 

A.  Marked:  (b).  Some  lines  are  now  on 
the  bare  space  in  the  middle  ground,  and 
black  spots  of  dry-pointing  on  the  bushes 
at  the  left. 

B.  Marked:  (c).  The  patches  on  the 
bushes  have  been  cleared,  and  more 
dry-point  lines  added,  so  that  the  whole 
is  now  more  harmonious. 

Note. —  Koehler,  from  his  foot-note,  evi- 
dently mistakes  subject  for  locality. 

156  Windmill  Hill  (No.  3).     D.  148.     K.  406. 

Trial  proof  (a).  Drake's  description  of  this 
plate  is  somewhat  misleading :  "  The  same 
subject,  on  an  enlarged  scale,  as  Nos.  146 
and  147.  Ferns  in  the  foreground.  '  Sey- 
mour Haden,  1877/  "  It  is  really  a  part  of 
the  same  subject  from  a  nearer  point  of  view. 

157  Ye  Compleat  Angler.     D.  149.     K.  407- 

409. 
Trial   proof  (a)>  marked:    Trial.    Dec.r    4, 
1877.     (*). 

A.  Trial  proof  (b),  marked:  Trial.  Jan.  6, 
1878  {b). 

B.  Published  state. 

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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

158  Nine  Barrow  Down.     D.  150.     K.  410. 

Published  state. 

159  The  Keep.     D.  151.     K.  411-413. 

Trial  proof,  marked:  D.  151.  (a).     Drake 
calls  this  the  published  state. 

A.  Trial  proof,  marked :  D.  151.  (b)  un- 
deserved. The  felled  tree  trunks  in  the 
foreground  are  shaded. 

B.  Another  proof,  marked  by  the  artist :  151 
first.     All  the  work  between  the  castle 

and  the  large,  inclined  tree  has  been  re- 
moved; in  its  place  are  a  hill  and  two 
cows.  The  trees  at  the  left,  except  the 
two  trunks  at  the  extreme  end,  have  been 
combined  to  form  one  large  one,  whose 
trunk  rises  in  front  of  the  felled  logs  and 
obliterates  Haden.  The  small  tree  at 
the  right  has  been  taken  out,  and  a 
weather-vane  is  on  the  mast  above  the 
castle.  Below  and  to  the  right  are  minor 
changes. 

160  The  Sluice.    D.  152.   K.  414-416. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked:   Trial  I*  one  only, 

(a). 

A.  Undescribed.  In  the  margin  is  written  : 
Trial  2  {b).  Two  impressions — this 
the  first.  Behind  the  little  girl  on  the 
right  now  stands  a  larger  boy  who  ap- 
pears to  be  talking  to  a  boy  who  sits  on 
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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

top  of  the  wall  of  the  sluice  on  the  left, 
which  has  been  re-drawn  and  extends 
much  further  to  the  left,  and  is  more  in 
the  foreground.  A  branch  in  upper  right 
corner  now  reaches  to  the  middle  of  the 
plate.  The  signature  and  date  are  fainter 
than  in  (a). 
B.  First  state.  Much  work  has  been  added, 
especially  on  the  right.  The  layers  of 
stone  have  been  drawn  in  on  the  sluice 
wall.  The  water  coming  from  the  sluice 
is  well  defined,  and  swirls  around  the  wall 
toward  the  mill-wheel.  In  lower  right 
corner :  Seymour  Haden  1877,  the  year 
reversed. 

161  The  Cabin.     D.  153.     K.  417-419. 

Trial  proof,  marked  :  1  Trial  Oct  7. 1877.  a. 
Instead  of  the  black  dog  mentioned  by 
Drake,  a  black  cat  is  seated  at  the  left- 
hand  corner  of  the  cabin. 

A.  Trial  proof,  un described;  marked  c.  The 
figures  on  the  left  have  been  removed, 
as  well  as  the  signature  and  date.  They 
have  been  replaced  by  a  dog  looking 
out  of  a  kennel  made  of  a  barrel.  The 
horizon  at  extreme  left  is  indicated  by  a 
single  line. 

B.  Trial  proof,  und escribed.  Some  houses, 
trees,  and  a  fence  in  the  distance  on  the 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

extreme  left,  instead  of  the  single  line. 
Seymour  Haden  1877,  is  in  the  centre  of 
the  foreground,  in  dry-point. 

162  The  Castle  Ditch.     D.  154.     K.  420. 

Trial  proof  (#),  marked,  in  the  artist's  writ- 
ing :  1.  Trial.  Oct.  7. 1877.  unique.  The  plate 
was  destroyed  after  this  impression  had  been 
taken. 

163  The  Castle  Bridge.    D.  155.    K.  421-423. 

Trial  proof  (0),  marked:  1.  Trial  Dec.  4. 
1877  (a).  This  gives  the  complete  com- 
position, the  castle  gate  with  double  port- 
cullis and  the  shading  of  the  arches  being 
intact. 

A.  Undescribed.  The  shading  under  the 
arches  has  been  erased,  as  well  as  part 
of  the  gate,  leaving  a  blank  space  in  the 
centre  of  the  plate  above. 

164  Swanage  Bay.     D.  156.     K.  424-426. 

Trial  proof  (a),  before  the  plate  was  cut. 

A.  The  plate  reduced.  Three  of  the  four  di- 
agonal lines  which  marked  the  bank  of  the 
river  in  lower  left  corner,  and  some  of 
the  foul  biting  in  the  sky,  have  been  re- 
moved, but  instead  of  the  storm  cloud  on 
the  left  having  been  removed,  it  has 
been  increased. 

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A   CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

£.  First  state.  The  bare  sky  at  upper  left 
corner  is  now  filled  with  clouds,  and  the 
lower  left  corner  worked  over  in  lines. 

165  Newton  Manor.  D.  157.  K.  427-430. 

Trial  proof,  undescribed.  Later  than  Drake's 
trial  proof  (a).  Three  hinds  in  the  foreground. 
The  distant  hills  are  only  laid  in,  and  the 
trees  surrounding  the  house  almost  a  black 
mass.     Marked:    Trial  b  2  impressions. 

A.  Trial  proof,  undescribed.  The  distance 
has  been  developed  by  the  addition  of 
slight  indications  of  trees,  etc.,  and  the 
trees  surrounding  the  house  have  been 
cleared  up.  In  the  left  lower  corner  a 
large  stag  has  been  introduced,  of  which 
only  the  head  and  neck  and  part  of  the 
back  are  seen.  Marked :  Trial —  before 
shadowing  the  large  stag —  3  imfir. 

B.  Trial  proof,  undescribed.  The  middle 
distance  and  the  distance  on  the  right 
have  been  shaded,  and  some  shading 
has  been  done  on  the  head  and  neck 
of  the  stag.     Marked :  (c). 

C.  Trial  proof,  undescribed.  The  cliff  near 
the  foreground,  above  the  stag,  has  been 
erased.  Some  shading  by  oblique  lines 
at  the  foot  of  the  rising  ground  at  the 
right. 

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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

1 66  Challow  Farm.     D.  158.     K.  431-434. 

Undescribed.  Drake  does  not  mention  the 
two  ponds  beyond  the  donkey,  the  shipping 
in  left  distance,  nor  the  distant  hills  which 
are  lost  behind  the  tree  at  right.  Black  spots 
of  dry-point  are  all  over  the  plate. 

A.  Undescribed,  marked:  Trial (b)  unique. 
The  dry-point  has  been  reduced,  the  sky, 
mountains,  and  shipping  have  been 
almost  burnished  out,  but  slight  traces 
of  them  remaining. 

B.  Undescribed.  Added  dry-point  work 
all  over  the  plate.  The  stump  to  the 
left  of  the  large  tree  has  been  developed 
into  a  tree  of  equal  height,  there  is  one 
pond  before  the  donkey  well  expressed, 
and  the  distance  is  closed  in  by  a  hill. 

C.  Undescribed.  The  distance,  including 
the  farm-houses  and  the  tree  on  the  left, 
has  been  taken  out  again.  The  signa- 
ture and  date  in  lower  left  corner  have 
also  been  removed  and  the  following 
substituted :  While  birds  sing  donkeys 
bray.  March  ij.  1880.  On  the  proof, 
over  the  legend  quoted,  is  written :  To  T. 
A.  Martin  donkey  and  critic.  In  the 
margin  below  is  written :  Tr.  c  and  Ded- 
icated with  this  inscription  (only  two 
impressions  taken)  to  a  well  known  critic 
who,  knowing  nothing  of  dry  point,  found 

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this  plate  l  a  ridiculous  assemblage  of 
blots  *  —  On  the  lowest  branch  of  the 
tree  nearest  to  centre  sits  a  bird. 

D.  Undescribed.  Marked:  touched.  The 
farm-houses  and  tree  to  left  have  been 
restored  about  as  they  were  before,  and 
the  distance  closed  in  by  hills  rising 
toward  the  right.  The  legend  of  the 
former  state  has  been  erased,  and  Sey- 
mour Haden  1877  *s  m  its  old  place. 

E.  Undescribed.  Marked  :  First  St.  Some 
additional  work  on  the  plate,  especially 
in  the  distance  and  middle  distance. 
The  gable  end  of  the  last  building  on 
the  left  and  the  roof  of  the  main  build- 
ing have  been  shaded.  In  the  gable  end 
of  the  barn  to  right,  which  previously 
had  no  openings,  an  arched  door  and, 
above  it,  a  square  opening  have  been 
introduced. 

167  Wareham  Bridge.     D.  159.     K.  435-439. 
Marked :   1.  Trial  (a)  —  Oct  7. 1877.    Drake 
says  there  are  men  and  horses,  but  there  are 
only  two  horses  and  one  man.    The  distance 
on  extreme  right  is  undefined. 
A.    Marked :   Trial  (t).     To  the  right  of  the 
bridge  some  houses  have  been  added, 
and  the  distance,  at  extreme  right,  de- 
fined by  a  house  and  trees.    In  the  upper 
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left  corner  the  trees  have  been  removed, 
and  two  horses  and  riders  have  taken 
their  place.  Underneath,  the  arches  are 
now  shadowed  by  cross-lines. 

B.  Undescribed.  Marked:  Trial  (c).  The 
bridge,  the  houses,  and  the  distant  shore 
of  the  river  have  been  shaded,  and  much 
delicate  work  has  been  added  in  the  sky. 
The  reeds  under  the  white  end  of  the 
boat-house  have  been  shaded  by  oblique 
lines,  and  their  reflection  in  the  water 
darkened.  The  upper  part  of  the  tall 
grass,  on  the  extreme  right,  has  been  al- 
most effaced. 

C.  Undescribed.  Marked:  First  pub :  st '; . 
In  the  right  foreground  two  horses,  one 
ridden  by  a  boy  who  looks  backward, 
have  been  added.  In  the  extreme  dis- 
tance high  hills  are  indicated. 

D.  Undescribed.  The  hills  in  the  extreme 
distance  have  been  removed.  The  horses 
in  the  right  foreground,  which  are  nearly 
white  in  C.  are  now  more  completely 
shaded.  The  grasses  to  right  of  the 
horses  have  been  erased. 

168  The  Little  Boat-house.   D.  160.   K.  440- 
441. 

Published  state. 

A,    Undescribed.     The  mound  in  the  dis- 

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tance,  on  extreme  left,  has  been  changed 
into  a  hut  with  a  smoking  chimney,  above 
which  three  birds  are  flying.  In  the 
opening  between  the  large  willow  and  the 
tree  to  left  of  it,  a  man  with  a  wheel- 
barrow is  indicated.  On  the  extreme 
right,  near  the  foreground,  a  boat,  with 
a  pair  of  oars  in  it,  has  been  added. 

169  A  Backwater.     D.  161.     K.  442-444. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked:    1  Trial  (a)  unique. 

A.  Published  state?  Marked:  b.  unde- 
scribed.  Clouds  have  been  indicated  in 
the  sky,  which  was  quite  bare  in  (a),  and 
the  distant  trees  on  extreme  right  have 
been  added.  On  the  ground  in  front  of 
these  trees  three  animals  have  been  in- 
dicated. A  boy  is  swimming  on  his 
back  in  the  water. 

B.  Marked :  at  Sonning — Berks.  The  boy 
has  been  removed,  and  the  reflections  of 
the  ferns  in  the  water  have  been  length- 
ened near  the  point  where  the  left  bank 
forms  an  angle,  and  also  three  quarters 
of  an  inch  to  left  of  that.  There  is  more 
work  on  the  foliage  of  the  large  trees, 
and  a  curious  new  S  is  dry-pointed  over 
the  old  one  in  Seymour. 

C.  Undescribed.  Three  large  ducks,  sitting, 
have  been  introduced  in  the  foreground. 

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170  Sketch  at  the  Back  of  a  Zinc   Plate. 

D.  162.     K.  445. 

Trial  (a).     The  man  on  the  left  behind 

the  tree  has  no  fishing-rod. 
A.   Published  state. 

(Lenox  trial  (a).) 

171  The  Two  Cows.     D.  163.    K.  446-451. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked  :  (a)  unique. 

A.  Trial  proof  (b),  marked :  b. 

B.  Marked :  Trial  c  undescribed.  The  dis- 
tance on  the  right  has  been  taken  out, 
leaving  nearly  all  the  upper  quarter  of  the 
plate  bare.  Foul  biting  all  over  the  re- 
mainder of  the  plate,  particularly  at  the 
left. 

C.  Undescribed.  A  third  cow,  grazing,  has 
been  introduced  in  the  middle  ground 
on  the  right.  A  few  horizontal  lines 
have  been  drawn  in  the  distance  to  right 
of  trees,  so  that  the  horizon  is  now  of 
equal  height  on  both  sides.  The  right 
of  the  two  smaller  cows  is  still  white,  and 
broad  white  lights  are  on  the  large  cow. 
There  are  shading  lines  in  the  distance 
to  the  left  of  the  trees,  and  the  foul  bit- 
ing has  been  cleared  away.  Marked :  c 
with  third  cow  undescribed. 

D.  Undescribed.  The  white  cow  and  the 
lights  on  the  large  cow  have  been  shaded. 

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172  The  Willows.     D.  164.     K.  452-453. 

Undescribed  proof.  A  road  has  been  de- 
fined between  the  tree  on  the  extreme  left  and 
the  willows.  The  growth  of  brushwood  on 
the  left,  as  well  as  the  signature  and  date 
under  it,  have  been  replaced  by  two  lambs 
lying  among  brambles.  In  lower  right  cor- 
ner :  Seymour  Haden,  1877. 

173  Dusty  Millers.     D.  165.     K.  454-457. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  First  published  state.     On  Japan  paper. 

B.  Second  published  state.  On  Japan  paper. 

174  Barbel  Fishing.     D.  166.     K.  458. 

Published  state,  which  is  the  only  one  de- 
scribed by  Drake. 

175  The  Vicarage.     D.  167.     K.  459. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

176  Grim  Spain.     D.  168.    K.  460-461. 

Published  state,  marked:  Trial.  Dec.  4. 
1877.  Printed  in  black.  On  Japan  paper. 
A.  Same  state,  marked:  Trial.  Dec.  4.  1877 

—i.st  St;  This  will  do.    S.  H.    Printed 

in  brown.     On  laid  paper. 

177  Toledo.     Not  in  Drake.     K.  462. 

A  roadway  on  the  bank  of  a  river  occupies 
the  foreground  of  the  plate.  Winding  to 
the  left,  it  crosses  a  bridge  of  a  single  arch 

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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

at  the  right  of  the  middle  distance.  A  hill, 
sloping  from  right  to  left,  is  crowned  by  a 
castle ;  and  on  the  distant  high  bank  of  the 
river,  at  the  right,  are  houses  and  trees.  In 
the  left  foreground  is  a  group  of  trees  with 
leaves ;  and  two  slender  tree-trunks  stand  in 
the  middle  of  the  plate.  Other  trees  border 
the  edge  of  the  road.  In  lower  left  corner : 
Seymour  Haden  1877.  In  the  margin  is 
written:  i68a  loledo  —  Plate  abandoned. 
On  Whatman  paper.     Slightly  retouched. 

178  The  Fountain,  Cintra.    D.  169.     K.  463- 

465. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked:  (a)  one  proof  only 
taken.  The  signature  is  on  the  basin  of  the 
fountain,  almost  hidden  by  the  shading. 

A.  Trial  proof  (b),  marked:  (b)  undescribed, 
which  is  an  error. 

B.  Undescribed.  Marked :  (c) — undescribed. 
The  middle  distance  has  again  been 
partly  drawn  in  outline.  The  sky  and 
the  extreme  right  are  bare. 

179  Cadaval,  Cintra.    D.  170.     K.  466-467. 

Trial  proof  (b),  slightly  touched  in  pencil, 
marked:  Trial — Jan  6.  18/8,  printed  in 
brown  ?  and  The  lines  of  Torres  Vedras. 
A.  Counterproof  of  same  state.  On  the 
proof,  the  branches  and  foliage  in  upper 
left    corner  have    been    scratched  out. 

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In  the  space  is  written :  Six  Etchings  in 
Spain  &  Portugal.  In  the  margin  below 
is  marked:  i  Trial  reverse.  Jan  6.  1878 \ 
and  under  the  figure  of  the  sitting  man : 
This  is  Sir  J.  C.  Robinson. 

180  Cork  Trees,  Cintra.     D.  171.     K.  468. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked :  1.  Trial  Jan  6. 1878. 
On  Japan  paper. 

181  The  Tank,  Cintra.     D.  172.     K.  469. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked :  p.th  from  plate. 

182  The  Terrace,  Cintra.     D.  173.     K.  470. 

Trial  A,  marked :  1.  Trial.  Dec.  4.  1877. 
This  corresponds  to  Drake's  trial  proof  {a), 
except  that  the  signature  and  date,  in  lower 
left  corner,  are  not  reversed. 

183  Outside  the  Cork  Convent,  Cintra.     D. 

174.  K.  47 1-472- 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked:   1  Trial.   Decr  4. 

1877. 

A.  Undescribed.  The  buildings,  etc.,  have 
been  shaded  on  the  sides  toward  the 
right.  All  the  work  in  the  centre  and 
left  part  of  the  foreground  has  been 
erased,  and  the  figure  of  a  standing 
woman  introduced.  In  the  lower  left 
corner :   Seymour  Haden. 

184  Inside  the  Cork  Convent,  Cintra.     D. 

175.  K.  473-475- 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

Trial  proof  (a),  marked:    i.   Trial  Decr.  4. 

1877.    (*)• 

Trial  proof,  marked:  (b)  undescribed, 

A,  Trial  proof,  marked :  (b)  undescribed. 
The  bushes  have  been  removed  from  be- 
fore the  wall  at  the  left,  and  the  figure  of 
a  man  is  introduced.  Most  of  the  stones 
at  the  left  are  now  shaded.  The  entrance 
is  so  black  as  to  be  almost  undistinguish- 
able.  The  slab  of  stone  at  the  right  has 
been  removed,  and  Sey  of  Seymour  has 
been  re-etched. 

B.  Trial  proof,  undescribed.  All  the  work 
in  the  left  half  of  the  plate  has  been  re- 
moved except  a  few  lines  indicating  the 
retaining  and  garden  walls,  and  the  monk 
standing  in  front  of  them. 

185  A  Monk  Praying.     D.  185.     K.  476-479. 
Trial  proof  (a).     The  sleeve  of  the  monk's 
habit  is  almost  white  and  his  face  is  touched 
up  with  pencil. 

A.  Trial  proof,  undescribed,  marked:  (b). 
The  upper  part  of  the  sleeve  and  the 
cuff  are  shaded,  and  the  face  is  touched 
up  with  pencil. 

B.  Trial  proof,  undescribed,  marked :  (c). 
Additional  work  on  the  monk's  cowl 
and  habit.  The  cuff,  near  the  hand, 
now  has  heavy  oblique  cross-lines;  also 

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the  habit,  below  the  cuff.  The  face 
is  touched  up  with  pencil. 
C.  Trial  proof,  undescribed.  The  plate  has 
been  cut  down  to:  height,  s«f|  inches; 
width,  5^  inches.  The  monk  and  the 
left  part  of  the  tree,  with  the  cross  at- 
tached, remain.  The  face  is  touched  up 
with  pencil. 

186  The    Monk   at  the    Fountain.      Not  in 

Drake.      Etching.      K.  480-481.     Size  of 
plate:  height, 5^  inches;  width,  8pi  inches. 

Before  a  fountain  at  the  right  stands  a  bare- 
headed monk,  with  his  back  to  the  spectator, 
in  his  hand,  a  jug.    Behind  the  fountain,  five 
steps  lead  up  to  an  arched  doorway  in  a  wall; 
to  the  left  of  the  top  of  which  is  a  niche  con- 
taining a  skull.     Behind  this,  a  square  build- 
ing with  pyramidal  roof,  the  square  door  of 
which  is  approached  by  a  flight  of  steps.     A 
stone  post,  and  a  wall  which  runs  to  within  an 
inch  of  the  edge  of  the  plate,  are  indicated  on 
the  left.     In  the  left  lower  corner :  Seymour 
Haden  1877.  I*1  tne  margin,  in  artists  writing : 
Not  in  Drake — the  Monk  at  the  Fountain — 
trial  (a) — before  burnisher  marks  on  figure — 
A.   Marked  :  Ist  St.     Some  shading  lines  on 
the  lower  part  of  the  monk's  habit  have 
been  burnished  out.     The  lower  part  of 
jet  of  water  has  also  been  erased. 
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I878. 

187  Thames  Fishermen.     D.  182.     K.  482. 

Trial  proof  (a)  —  only  state.  As  Drake  says, 
this  plate  is  "a  repetition  of  No.  n,  with 
changes  in  the  forms  of  the  trees  on  the  left 
bank." 

188  Windsor.     D.  183.     K.  484-492. 

Charcoal  drawing,  partly  touched  up  with 
white.  A  study  for  the  etching.  In  lower 
left  corner  is  written :  Seymour  Haden.  Done 
sitting  on  railway  bridge  —  in  bodily  fear  of 
train,  Drake  assigns  "Windsor"  to  the  year 
1879,  but  as  the  plate  is  dated  1878,  it  is 
inserted  under  this  year. 

A.  Trial  proof  (a),  marked :  Trial  (a),  and  : 
Trial.  Fr.  Seymour  Haden.  Printed  in 
warm  brown. 

B.  Marked:  Trial (C)  undescribed  anterior 
to  Ist  St.  The  bushes  at  the  back  of 
the  bathers  have  been  changed  into  trees, 
the  sail  of  the  boat  has  been  enlarged 
and  shaded,  but  the  reflection  of  the 
boat  in  the  water  has  not  yet  been 
denned.     Printed  in  warm  brown. 

C.  First  published  state,  marked:  i.st  St. 
D.  The  reflection  of  the  sail-boat  has 
been  defined.     Printed  in  warm  brown. 

D.  Marked:  undescribed— Trial  (b).  The 
branch  which  crossed  the  sail  has  been 

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removed,  the  sail  is  white  again,  and  its 
reflection  in  the  water  has  been  almost 
erased.  The  bush  in  front  of  the  bathers 
has  disappeared.  On  Whatman  paper. 
Printed  in  warm  brown. 

£.  Second  published  state,  marked:  2,nd 
State :  D.  The  lower  part  of  the  sail 
is  shaded.     Printed  in  dark  brown. 

F.  Fourth  published  state.  Printed  in  warm 
black. 

1879. 

189  The  House  by   the  Sea.     D.  176.     K. 
493-494. 

First  state.  In  addition  to  Drake's  descrip- 
tion the  following  should  be  added :  In  the 
middle  distance,  on  the  right,  are  shrubs 
and  brambles  lightly  indicated;  and  there  is 
a  figure  of  a  man  in  the  roadway  behind  the 
post.  On  the  left  is  a  large  pyramidal  rock, 
half  way  up  the  plate.  Signed :  Royal  In- 
stitution 2p  March  i£/p.  Seymour  Haden. 
Below,  in  the  artist's  handwriting :  This  is 
the  plate  as  actually  done  during  the  lecture 
— no  other  impression  that  I  know  of- — 
Printed  also  at  the  lecture  by  Goulding.  Sey- 
mour Haden, 
A,    Undescribed  by  Drake.    The  pyramidal 

stone  is  now  a  post  with  rounded  top. 

The  man,  and  the  brambles  to  the  right  of 

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and  beyond  the  post  in  the  centre,  have 
been  cleared  away.  A  net  which  casts  a 
shadow  is  suspended  from  poles  to  the 
right  of  the  house,  and  two  figures,  water- 
butts,  etc.,  in  front  of  the  house,  have 
taken  their  place. 
B.  Undescribed  by  Drake.  Marked:  trial Ist 
St.  The  post  at  the  left  has  now  a  square 
head  and  is  heavily  shaded.  The  figures 
before  the  house  have  been  removed,  as 
has  the  shadow  cast  by  the  net. 

190  The  Amstel.     D.  177.     K.  495-496. 

As  described  by  Drake,  but  without  the  in- 
scription cited  by  him :  Royal  Institution, 
March  29, 1879,  Seymour  Haden. 

191  The   Hedgerow.     D.  178.     K.  497. 

Bushes,  a  bifurcated  tree  trunk,  a  tree  lean- 
ing to  right,  with  foliage  indicated  by  ob- 
lique hatchings,  and  a  line  in  front  of  them 
to  indicate  rising  ground,  occupy  the  middle 
ground.  In  the  distance,  trees,  bushes,  and 
a  house.  Beginning  at  lower  right  corner  : 
Royal  Institution — March  29 — 1879.  About 
an  inch  and  a  quarter  of  the  left  side  of  the 
plate  and  the  foreground  are  white.  The 
dog  and  sheep  mentioned  by  Drake  may 
have  been  removed,  as  there  are  traces  of 
former  work  in  the  foreground. 
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192  The  Turret.     D.  179.     K.  498. 

Published  state.     Printed  in  warm  black. 

193  One-Tree  Farm.     D.  180.     K.  499. 

Besides  the  ducks  near  the  pond  there  is 
also  a  flock  of  sheep  behind  and  to  left  of 
the  tree.  This  plate  had  evidently  been  used 
before.  Willesley,  Oct  4  1873.  &  Haden  is 
still  legible  over  the  present  signature. 
The  impression  is  partly  scraped  out  and 
drawn  upon. 

194  Three-Tree  Farm.     D.  181.     K.  500. 

Published  state.     On  laid  paper. 

195  Greenwich.     D.  184.     K.  501-510. 

Trial  proof  (a). 

A.  Trial  proof  (b). 

B.  Trial  proof  (c). 

C.  Marked :  Trial  D  unde scribed.  Boat  in 
foreground  with  additional  work  after- 
ward removed;  that  is,  the  boat  is  now 
white  again  inside,  except  in  a  corner  of 
the  stern,  but  is  shaded  outside.  The 
added  boat  is  shaded  inside  and  out- 
side. 

D.  Undescribed.  Marked:  II variation  in 
foreground  boat, 

E.  First  published  state. 

F.  Second  published  state. 

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PLATES  EXECUTED  SINCE  THE 

PUBLICATION    OF   DRAKE'S 

CATALOGUE. 

For  early  plates  not  described  by  Drake,  see 
JVos.  23,  51,  8j,  118,  and  up  of  this  catalogue. 

1880. 
196  Harlech.      Mezzotint.      (The   second   plate 
reversed.   The  first  is  D.  137.)    K.  51 1-5 16. 
Height,   8j4  inches;    width,   12^    inches. 
Sub-height,  8  inches ;  width,  11^  inches. 

The  spur  of  a  rocky  eminence  rising  from 
the  right  middle  ground  is  crowned  by  a 
castle.  A  herd  of  deer  among  the  rocks 
below.  At  the  left,  and  in  the  distance,  a 
plain  through  which  winds  a  river.  A  tree 
at  the  extreme  right.  Smoke  arises  from  a 
cleft  in  the  rocks  below  the  castle  and  a 
heavy  cloud  hangs  over  the  plain.  Almost 
pure  mezzotint.  Printed  in  light  brown. 
Trial  proof  (a),  as  described  :  marked  :  1st 
Trial  Ap.  18. 1880.  Still  more  pressure,  and 
(a). 

A.  Trial  (3).  The  plate  has  been  worked 
over,  roulette  having  been  freely  used, 
also  dry-point.  The  contour  of  some  of 
the  rocks  has  been  changed,  the  deer 
have  been  removed,  and  sheep  graze  in 

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the  near  right  foreground.  The  smoke 
has  increased,  there  are  heavier  clouds 
in  the  sky  at  right,  and  the  tree  has 
been  removed,  leaving  some  brushwood. 
Printed  in  warm  brown. 

B.  Trial  C.  The  outlines  of  the  castle 
and  rocks  have  been  clearly  defined 
by  etched  lines,  as  well  as  the  herbage, 
etc.,  at  right,  where  another  sheep 
has  been  added  higher  up.  The  river 
now  winds  in  and  out,  and  the  large 
cloud  has  given  place  to  a  streaked  sky. 
A  strong  etched  line  marks  the  outline 
of  the  composition.  In  the  margin  be- 
low :  Narlech.  Printed  in  warm  brown 
ink. 

C.  Trial  D.  The  clouds  at  the  right  have 
been  made  heavier  and  the  river  obscured 
by  roulette  work.  Below,  in  dry-point, 
on  the  left :  Drawn,  Etched,  Engraved, 
and  Printed  by)  on  the  right:  Francis 
Seymour  Haden  May  n  1880.  The 
middle  bar  of  the  N  in  Narlech  has 
been  crossed  by  a  dry-point  line  to  indi- 
cate an  H.     Printed  in  warm  brown. 

D.  There  is  now  only  a  single  thin  line  of 
smoke  rising  toward  the  left,  in  a  broad 
band  of  shadow  falling  obliquely  across 
the  declivity.     Printed  in  dark  brown. 

E.  The  smoke  has  been  more  clearly  de- 

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fined,  and  the  margins  have  been  cleaned, 
except  the  lower,  which  still  shows  traces 
of  the  rocking-tool.  The  dry-point  let- 
tering is  fainter,  having  lost  its  bur,  and 
the  title  again  reads  Narlech,  as  the  dry- 
point  line  across  the  middle  bar  of 
the  N  has  almost  entirely  disappeared. 
Marked :  First  state.  Printed  in  dark 
brown. 

1881. 

197  The    Minister's    Horse.     Dry-point.     K. 

517.  Height,  $y2  inches;  width,  8^  inches. 
An  old  white  horse,  turned  toward  the  left, 
stands  in  water,  in  a  ravine  which  runs  from 
lower  right  corner  to  the  centre  of  the  plate. 
On  the  left,  precipitous  rocks;  on  the  right,  a 
plateau  with  low  trees.  In  the  distance,  the 
sea,  with  a  sail-boat  and  steamer;  beyond, 
high  mountains.  In  lower  left  corner :  Sey- 
mour Haden,  1881.  Marked :  i8p  D.  Trial. 
A  one  impression. 

198  The  Village  Ford.    Etching  and  dry-point. 

K.  518-522.  Height,  7  inches;  width, 
nj^  inches. 

A  stream  occupies  the  foreground;  across  it 
runs  a  trestle-bridge  from  the  right  to  the 
centre  of  the  middle  ground,  where  it  is  con- 
tinued by  a  road  bordered  on  the  left  by 

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houses  and  trees  running  at  a  right  angle 
to  it.  Behind  the  bridge,  on  the  right,  is  a 
clump  of  bushes.  In  the  water,  to  the  left, 
a  cow  stands,  facing  to  front;  behind,  and 
still  further  to  the  left,  is  another  cow.  In 
the  lower  left  corner :  Seymour  Haden,  1881* 
Trial  (a),  as  described. 

A.  Trial  (b).  The  second  cow  has  been 
removed. 

B.  First  state.  The  plate  is  cut  down  on  the 
left,  and  the  size  is  now :  height,  7  inches  ; 
width,  io*^  inches.  The  houses,  hay- 
ricks, fence,  and  trees  on  the  left  are 
completed  to  the  edge  of  the  plate,  and 
a  man  is  walking  in  the  roadway.  A 
few  delicate  lines  express  the  extreme 
distance  in  upper  right  corner,  where  a 
group  of  trees  in  dry-point  has  been 
added. 

C.  Second  state.  A  man  is  climbing  a 
ladder  which  leans  on  the  long,  low 
house  at  the  left,  near  which  are  three 
ducks,  by  the  fence.  There  are  clouds 
in  the  sky,  and  the  trees  and  distance  at 
the  right  are  strengthened. 

199  A  Lancashire  River.     Etching.     K.  523- 

529.     Height,  11   inches;  width,  16  inches. 

A  river,  in  which  are   cattle,  occupies   the 

whole  foreground,  and  is  lost  to  view  be- 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

tween  high,  steep  banks  in  the  middle 
distance.  The  right  bank,  from  the  middle 
distance  to  the  foreground,  where  it  juts  into 
the  river,  is  thickly  wooded.  In  the  left 
middle  distance,  cattle,  boat-house,  three 
boats,  and  nets  hung  on  poles  to  dry.  Roll- 
ing clouds  and  rain  at  left,  clear  in  center, 
heavy,  broken  clouds  at  right.  In  lower 
right  corner :  Seymour  Haden,  1881. 

A.  Trial  proof  (a).  The  cow  in  the  lower 
left  corner  is  but  slightly  shaded,  and 
the  white  one,  in  profile  on  the  shore,  is 
lightly  shaded  by  parallel  oblique  dry- 
point  lines.  There  are  only  two  boats 
and  no  nets. 

B.  Trial  proof,  marked :  (b).  Delicate,  but 
no  difference  between  (a)  and  (b)  can 
be  detected. 

C.  Trial  proof,  marked:  (c).  The  smaller 
of  the  two  white  cows  in  the  middle 
distance  is  shaded  with  lines,  and  the 
high  lights  on  the  black  cows  are  also 
shaded.  There  are  three  boats  in  front 
of  the  little  house,  behind  which  nets  are 
hung.  The  reflections  in  the  water  from 
the  trees  of  the  right  bank  are  more 
developed. 

D.  Trial  proof,  marked:  (d).  There  are 
three  positive  spots  of  black  on  the  trees 
on  the  right  bank  which  juts  into  the  river. 

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A    CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

E.  Trial  proof,  marked:  (e).  The  black 
spots  have  been  removed. 
First  state.  The  mass  of  trees  on  the 
point  on  the  right  has  been  divided  into 
two  groups  by  the  introduction  of  a 
broad  light.  The  nets  are  now  ex- 
tended in  an  elliptic  sweep  to  left  of 
the  boat-house ;  the  clouds  are  more  de- 
veloped, and  touch  the  top  of  the  bare 
bluff  in  the  middle  distance. 

200  Encombe  Woods.  Etching.  K.  530-536. 
Height,  gj4  inches;  width,  15  inches. 
At  the  right,  a  wooded  hillside  which  ex- 
tends in  a  semi-circular  sweep  beyond  the 
centre.  A  ravine  and  plateau  in  left  dis- 
tance. In  lower  left  corner,  a  pool  of  water 
in  which  are  cast  the  reflections  of  two  don- 
keys standing  on  its  edge.  In  both  corners 
of  the  sky,  clouds  and  rain.  At  extreme 
right,  a  large  tree-top  with  widely  extending 
branches.  In  lower  right  corner :  Seymour 
Haden  1882. 

Marked  :  Trial  (a) :  with  figure  &  horses. 
The  whole  sky  is  filled  with  indications  of 
rain.  The  ravine  on  left  is  not  yet  well 
defined.  In  the  foreground  to  right,  two 
horses  are  seen  from  behind,  one  mounted 
by  a  man.  In  right  lower  corner:  Seymour 
Haden,  1881.  Slightly  touched  in  pencil. 
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DRY-POINTS    AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

Marked :  Trial  (o),  reversed,  A  coun- 
terproof.  The  horses  and  man  have 
been  removed,  and  most  of  the  work 
in  the  middle  of  the  sky  cleared  away. 
Touched  with  crayon. 
Trial  (c).  The  plate  measures:  height, 
9  inches;  width,  14  inches.  The  sky 
has  been  cleared  in  the  middle,  and  the 
work  in  its  left  reduced  so  that  it  is  only 
faintly  visible.  The  whole  of  the  fore- 
ground, up  to  the  feet  of  the  donkeys,  has 
been  removed,  with  the  exception  of  a 
few  lines  and  Seymour  Haden  188  in 
lower  right  corner. 

Trial  (d).  The  plate  measures:  height, 
S^i  inches;  width,  13^  inches.  The 
plateau  has  been  drawn  in  again,  with 
the  ravine  clearly  defined.  In  the  ex- 
treme left  distance  are  some  houses. 
The  clouds  and  indications  of  rain  on  the 
left  have  again  been  strengthened  and 
the  pool  of  water  indicates  the  reflections 
of  the  donkeys.  The  signature  and  date 
have  been  removed. 
,  Trial  (e).  The  sky  is  bare,  and  the  houses 
on  the  plateau  have  disappeared.  In 
lower  right  corner :  Seymour  Haden  1882. 
First  state,  as  described.  The  plateau 
on  the  left  has  been  more  clearly  denned 
and  the  plate  strengthened  throughout. 
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A    CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

20 1  Encombe  Woods.     Second  plate.     Etch- 

ing-    K-    537-539-     Height,   9^   inches; 
width,  15  inches. 

The  second  plate,  and  the  same  as  the  pre- 
ceding, but  reversed. 

Marked :  2nd plate.  Ist  trial  a  proof  with- 
out rein  king  plate.  The  landscape  is  in 
outline  only,  the  donkeys  alone  being 
shaded.  In  the  sky,  a  few  scratches  to 
indicate  rain.  In  lower  left  corner :  Sey- 
mour Hade?i  1887,  tne  date  under  the 
name. 
A.  Marked:  trial  (b).  Cut  to  height,  8^ 
inches;  width,  133^  inches.  The  indi- 
cations of  rain  at  left  have  been  in- 
creased, the  middle  ground  and  fore- 
ground have  been  shaded,  and  the 
reflection  of  the  donkeys  has  been 
added.  At  left,  the  embossed  lines  show 
that  that  part  of  the  plate  has  not  been 
inked.  Touched  in  pencil,  white,  and 
pinkish  water-color. 

1882. 

202  Cowdray — with  Cows.   Etching.   K.  540- 

543.     Height,  6  inches ;  width,  9  inches. 
In   the  foreground,  a  stream  with  a  high 
bank.     Two  cows  are  in  the  water  and  one 
on   the   right  bank.     Over   the   left  bank, 
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DRY-POINTS    AND   MEZZOTINTS. 

stretching  across  the  plate,  is  a  level  field, 
beyond  which,  extending  from  right  to  left, 
are  a  group  of  trees,  farm-houses,  and  a  hay- 
rick with  a  ladder  against  it.  Behind  the 
houses,  at  left,  rises  Cowdray  Castle. 

A.  Marked:  trial  (a).  The  three  cows  are 
almost  without  shading, and  two  flocks  of 
birds  are  in  the  sky.  In  lower  left  cor- 
ner: Seymour  Haden  1882  \  and  on  same 
line,  to  right  of  middle  of  plate :  Cow- 
dray, 

B.  Marked:  trial  {b).  The  birds  in  the 
upper  part  of  the  sky  have  been  removed. 
The  cow  on  the  further  bank  has  been 
shaded,  but  there  are  broad  lights  left 
on  the  back,  the  head,  and  the  breast. 
Signature,  name,  and  title  have  been 
removed. 

Marked:  First.  As  described.  The 
broad  light  on  the  back  of  the  cow  is 
cross-hatched.  The  course  of  the  brook 
is  now  well  defined  by  horizontal  lines. 

203  Cowdray — with  Geese.  Etching.  K. 
544-548.  Height,  6  inches;  width,  9^ 
inches. 

The  same  subject  as  the  preceding,  with 
variations,  the  most  noticeable  of  which  are: 
a  herd  of  cows  on  the  extreme  left,  a  tree 
growing  at  the  foot  of  the  further  bank  of 
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A   CATALOG.UE    OF    ETCHINGS 

the  brook  about  centre  of  plate,  and  geese 
on  the  bank  as  well  as  in  lower  right  corner. 
In  lower  left  corner:   Cowdray  1882. 

Trial  proof,  marked :  Tr.  a.  Geese  only 
in  lower  right  corner.  A  number  of 
geese,  apparently  cut  from  some  other 
etching  and  gone  over  with  the  pen  and 
white  body  color,  have  been  pasted  on 
the  proof  on  the  left. 

A.  Trial  proof,  marked:  Trial  0.  Same 
state  as  the  preceding.  Distance  drawn 
in  blue  pencil. 

B.  Trial  proof,  marked:  trial  (b).  Six 
geese  have  been  added  on  the  left  bank 
of  the  brook,  to  left  of  tree. 

C.  Trial  proof,  marked :  trial  C.    Five  geese 

only  on  further  side  of  brook,  one  of 
them  swimming. 

D.  Trial  proof  (d).  Two  geese  only  on 
further  side  of  brook,  one  of  them  swim- 
ming. 

204  The  Three  Calves.  Etching.  K.  549. 
Height,  6  inches;  width,  9^  inches. 
In  left  foreground,  three  calves,  two  standing. 
To  right  of  the  calves,  the  bank  of  a  brook ; 
in  the  centre,  a  farm-house,  hay-rick  with  a 
ladder  against  it,  and  trees.  The  farmhouse, 
etc.,  seem  to  be  a  reminiscence  of  Cowdray. 
In  lower  left  corner:    Seymour  Haden  1882. 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

Trial    proof,  as    described.      Marked: 
ip6.  B. 

205  The  Four  Cows.  Etching.  K.  550-551. 
Height,  5^  inches;  width,  8^6  inches. 
A  stream  is  crossed  on  the  extreme  right  by 
a  rustic  bridge,  on  which  are  two  men,  one 
of  them  with  a  fishing-pole  and  a  dog.  In 
the  left  foreground,  reeds;  in  the  right,  rising 
ground,  defined  by  a  few  lines  indicating 
grass  growing  on  it.  In  the  stream,  four 
cows.  In  the  middle  ground,  reeds,  trees, 
and  bushes.  Clouds  indicated  in  left  half  of 
sky,  the  right  half  bare.  In  lower  left  corner : 
Seymour  Haden  1882. 

Marked:  Trial  (a)  touched.  i.st  impr. 
There  are  a  few  dry-point  lines  in  right 
half  of  sky,  indicating  a  cloud,  also  a  few 
lines  beyond  the  trees  at  the  end  of  the 
bridge,  indicating  either  clouds  or  distant 
hills.  Drawn  upon. 
A.  Another  proof,  marked:  Trial  (a),  but 
later,  as  the  sky  at  left  is  partly  cleared, 
and  the  lines  above  the  trees  at  the 
bridge  are  removed,  and  in  lower  right 
corner  the  light,  dry-point  lines  have  been 
burnished  out. 

206  Long  Parish.    Etching.    K.  552.     Height, 
7  inches;  width,  10^  inches. 
A  river  in  left  foreground  and  middle  ground; 
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A   CATALOGUE    OF    ETCHINGS 

in  the  right  foreground  it  is  hidden  by  an 
elevation  on  which  grow  trees  and  ferns. 
On  the  further  side  of  the  water,  to  left,  a 
wooden  fence  or  bridge  with  willows  grow- 
ing in  front  of  it  and  a  poplar  beyond  it. 
In  the  centre,  a  long  wooden  bridge  crosses 
the  river;  beyond  it  a  farm-house;  and  in  the 
distance,  across  the  whole  plate,  trees.  The 
sky  suggests  brilliant  white  clouds.  In  lower 
left  corner :  Seymour  Haden,  1882. 

As  described.    Marked :  Col.  H. 

207  Pine  Trees.      Height,  10^  inches;  width, 

7  inches. 

A  study  of  the  tops  and  part  of  the  trunks 
of  two  pine  trees,  to  the  left  of  which,  lightly 
etched,  a  third  smaller  tree.  At  bottom, 
toward  the  left,  a  sheep,  and  slight  traces 
of  other  sheep  above  it.  Below, at  left:  Sey- 
mour Haden  1882.     On  zinc. 

Exhibited  in  the  Painter-Etchers'  Society, 
1894. 

1884. 

208  A  Salmon  River.     Mezzotint  and  etching. 

K.  553.  Height,  4^  inches;  width,  6*£ 
inches. 

A  rapidly  flowing  mountain  stream  winds  be- 
tween wooded  and  rocky  banks.  A  heavy 
sky  with  light  clouds  in  centre.     In  the  par- 

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DRY-POINTS   AND    MEZZOTINTS. 

tially  cleaned  margin  below,  f%  inches  wide  : 
Seymour  Hayden,  at  left.  The  plate  was 
published  in  Recollections  of  Fly  Fishing, 
etc.,  by  Edward  Hamilton,  M.D.  London  : 
1884. 

209  Sarah  and  Anne    Haden.     Etching  and 

dry-point.  K.  127.  Height,  9^  inches; 
width,  6  inches. 

A  repetition  of  No.  54,  but  turned  to  the 
right  and  without  any  lettering  or  back- 
ground. 

1886. 

210  Breaking  up  of  the  Agamemnon.     Sec- 

ond plate.  K.  554-561.  (The  first  plate  is 
D.  128.)    Etching  and  mezzotint. 

The  subject  is  the  same  as  No.  136,  with 
the  additions  of  a  sail  between  the  masts  of 
the  Agamemnon  and  a  man-of-war's  boat 
in  the  water  near  the  stern.  In  all  the  states, 
Seymour  Haden  1886,  in  lower  left  corner. 

Trial  (a).     Pure  etching.     The  sky  is 

bare. 

A.  Trial  (£).  Pure  etching.  Some  shad- 
ing has  been  added  on  the  Dreadnaught 
and  Greenwich  Hospital  at  the  left,  on 
the  balks  of  timber  at  right,  and  boats 
and  piles  in  lower  left  corner.  The  sail 
on  the  mizzenmast  is  outlined. 

B.  Marked :  i,st  trial    The  mezzotinting  is 

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A   CATALOGUE    OF   ETCHINGS 

so  heavy  that  a  night  effect  is  suggested. 
Printed  in  dark  brown.    On  plate  paper. 

C.  Marked:  Second  trial.  The  long  upright 
post  on  extreme  right  is  brightened  at 
the  top.  The  waves  have  been  better 
denned,  and  the  sky  has  been  consider- 
ably lightened.    Printed  in  warm  brown. 

D.  Marked :  Third  trial.  The  four  posts  in 
lower  left  corner  now  reflect  the  light  on 
their  sides,  and  the  escaping  steam  at 
the  stern  of  the  coal  vessel  is  blown 
across  the  sail  between  the  masts  of  the 
Agamemnon.     Printed  in  rich  brown. 

E.  Marked:  4."  trial.  The  light  on  the 
upper  end  of  the  post  to  right  has  dis- 
appeared and  the  upper  cloud  at  left 
is  darkened.     Printed  in  warm  brown. 

F.  Marked:  Fifth  trial — .  The  change 
is  principally  in  the  sky,  the  only  clouds 
seen  being  a  long  line  of  stratus  run- 
ning across  the  whole  plate  immediately 
above  the  sun.  The  upper  part  of  the 
post  reflects  the  light  again.  Printed  in 
warm  brown. 

G.  Marked:  2.nd  St.  and  May  27.  1885. 
4  Very  fine  impression — The  4*h  taken. 
The  sky  has  again  been  changed.  The 
whole  of  it  is  now  mottled,  with  an  area 
of  light  above  the  sun.  Printed  in  warm 
brown. 

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MEZZOTINTS— NOT   DATED. 

1 1  An  Early  Riser.    Height,  Sy8  inches;  width, 

ii^j  inches. 

A  rocky  eminence  rising  from  right  to  left. 
A  stag  stands  at  the  right,  facing  to  front; 
at  the  left,  the  moon  shines  brightly.  In 
lower  left  corner:  Seymour  Haden. 

Exhibited  in  Painter-Etchers' Society,  1 89 7. 

12  The     Fisherman.        Height,   7^  inches; 

width,  uj^  inches. 

A  man  with  rod  and  line  stands  in  and  faces 
up  the  stream,  in  front  of  a  low  dam.  Sedges 
on  the  right;  large  trees  on  the  left,  and  five 
posts  in  the  stream  in  front  of  them.  The 
banks  of  the  stream  on  both  sides  are  lined 
with  trees,  and  between  them,  in  the  distance, 
a  hill,  in  front  of  which  the  river  disappears. 
Exhibited  in  Painter-Etchers'  Society,  1 897. 

13  Landscape.     Height,  6  inches;  width,  8^ 

inches. 

A  small  stream  flows  through  a  narrow  gorge. 
On  the  left,  a  high  hill,  with  trees  in  the 
foreground,  which  catch  the  full  light  of  the 
moon  rising  from  a  bank  of  clouds.  A 
lower  hill  on  the  right,  with  shrubs  and  rocks 
in  the  foreground.  Marked,  in  lower  left 
margin:  Two  impressions  only — plate  de- 
stroyed, and  Seymour  Haden,  at  right. 
8a  ioi 


INDEX. 


INDEX 

Agamemnon,  The  Breaking  up  of  the,  136 
Agamemnon,  The  Breaking  up  of  the  (Second  plate), 

210 
Aims-Houses,  Sonning,  108 
Amalfi,  8 

Amstel,  The,  142,  190 
Amstelodamum,  37 
Amsterdam,  36,  5 1 
Amsterdam  (a  Fragment),  38 
Angler,  Ye  Compleat,  157 
Arthur,  5 

Asses,  The  Two,  43 
Assignation,  The,  101 

Backwater,  A,  169 

Barbel  Fishing,  174 

Barges,  Topsail,  116 

Bark  Refitting,  117 

Battersea  Bridge,  127 

Battersea  Railway  Bridge  and  Sugar  Factory,  46 

Battersea  Reach,  45 

Belle  Anglaise,  La,  83 

Boat  House,  The,  147 

Boat  House,  The  Little,  168 

Boyle's  Farm,  71 

Boyle's  Farm,  The  Island,  128 

Breaking  up  of  the  Agamemnon,  136 

Breaking  up  of  the  Agamemnon  (Second  plate),  210 

Brentford  Ferry,  68 

Brig  at  Anchor,  A,  138 

Brook,  The  Mouth  of  a,  22,  24 

Burgos,  Grim  Spain,  176 

By  Inveroran,  140 

By-road  in  Tipperary,  A,  27 

Cabin,  The,  161 

Cadaval,  Cintra,  179 

Calais  Pier  (after  Turner),  148 

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INDEX. 

Calais  Pier,  Little,  91 
Calves,  The  Three,  204 
Cardigan  Bridge,  61 
Cardigan  Road,  85 
Castle,  A,  County  Wicklow,  115 
Castle  Bridge,  The,  163 
Castle  Ditch,  The,  162 
Challow  Farm,  166 

Chartreuse,  Near  the  Grande  (after  Turner),  49 
Chartreuse,  Near  the  Grande  (a  Study),  50 
Chelsea  Church,  Old,  103 

Chelsea,  Old— Out  of  Whistler's  Window.    See  Batter- 
sea  Reach. 
Chelsea,  Whistler's  House,  47 
Child's  Head,  A,  60 
Cintra,  Cadaval,  179 
Cintra,  Cork  Convent,  Inside,  184 
Cintra,  Cork  Convent,  Outside,  183 
Cintra,  Cork  Trees,  180 
Cintra,  The  Fountain,  178 
Cintra,  The  Tank,  181 
Cintra,  The  Terrace,  182 
Combe  Bottom,  28 
Compleat  Angler,  Ye,  157 
Cork  Convent,  Cintra,  Inside,  184 
Cork  Convent,  Cintra,  Outside,  183 
Cork  Trees,  Cintra,  180 
Cottage  Parlour,  A,  31 
Cottage  Porch,  The,  30 
Cottage  Window,  A,  32 
Cowdray — with  Cows,  202 
Cowdray — with  Geese,  203 
Cows,  The  Four,  205 
Cows,  The  Two,  171 
Cranbrook,  39 
"  Croquis,"  81 

Dasha,  6 

Devon,  A  Riverside,  124 

Ditton,  Thames,  With  a  Sail,  66 

Divergent  Paths,  153 

Dog  and  Monkey,  96 

Dog  Asleep  on  a  Chair,  "  Puff,"  98 

Dogs'  Heads,  Sketch  of,  118 

Dolmellynlyn,  143 

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INDEX. 


Dundrum  River,  42 
Dusty  Millers,  173 

Early  Morning  —  Richmond,  19 

Early  Riser,  An,  211 

Egham,  12 

Egham  Lock,  13 

Encombe  Woods,  200 

Encombe  Woods  (Second  plate),  201 

Erith  Marshes,  106 

Erith,  Yacht  Tavern,  105 

Essex  Farm,  An,  146 

Evening,  70 

Feathers  Tavern,  1 13 

Feathers  Tavern,  and  Thames  Side,  112 

Firs  (a  Study),  120 

Firs,  Scotch,  Inveroran,  141 

Fisherman,  The,  62,  212 

Fishermen,  Thames,  9,  187 

Ford,  The  Village,  198 

Fountain,  Cintra,  178 

Four  Cows,  The,  205 

From  the  Mitre,  72 

Fulham,  16 

Grande  Chartreuse,  Near  the,  49 

Grande  Chartreuse,  Near  the  (a  Study),  50 

Greenwich,  195 

"  Griff,"  82 

Grim  Spain,  176 

Group  of  Trees,  A,  1 19 

Haden,  Charles  Thomas,  53 

Haden,  Francis  Seymour,  Portraits  of,  A — G,  35,  55 

Haden,  Sarah  and  Anne,  54,  209 

Haden,  Thomas  of  Derby,  52 

Hand  Painting,  150 

Hands  Dry-pointing,  151 

Hands  Etching,  87,  90 

Hands  Folded,  89 

Hands  Holding  a  Crayon,  88 

Harlech,  145 

Harlech  (Second  plate  reversed),  196 

Harrington  House.     See  Kensington  Gardens. 

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INDEX. 

Harry  Kelly's,  Putney,  1 1 1 
Head  of  a  Child,  60 
Hedgerow,  The,  191 
Herd,  The,  122 
Holly  Field,  The,  29 
Horse,  The  Minister's,  197 
Horsley's  Cottages,  94 
Horsley's  House  at  Willesley,  92 
Horsley's  Roof,  93 
House  by  the  Sea,  189 
House  of  the  Smith,  57 
Houses  on  the  Tiber,  2 

Iffley  Mill,  137 

Inn,  Purfleet,  129 

Inn,  Purfleet,  Opposite  the,  130 

Inn,  Purfleet,  and  Opposite  the  Inn,  Purfleet,  131 

Inside  the  Cork  Convent,  Cintra,  184 

Inveroran,  By,  140 

Inveroran,  Scotch  Firs,  141 

Ireland,  A  River  in,  84 

Ireland,  A  Sunset  in,  44 

Ireland,  Boyle's  Farm,  128 

Isleworth,  78 

Isleworth  and  Kew  Ait,  80 

Keep,  The,  159 

Kelly's,  Harry,  Putney,  1 1 1 

Kenarth,  58 

Kensington  Gardens,  25 

Kensington  Gardens  (small  plate),  10 

Kew  Ait,  79 

Kew  Ait,  Isleworth  and,  80 

Kew,  Railway  Encroachment,  67 

Kew  Side,  75 

Kew  Side  (Dog  Begging),  76 

Kew  Side  (the  Undivided  Plate),  77 

Kidwelly  Castle,  21 

Kidwelly  Town,  20 

Kilgaren  Castle,  59 

Lady  Reading,  A,  7 
Lancashire  River,  A,  199 
Landscape,  A,  213 
Letter,  The,  41 

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INDEX. 

Letter,  The  (a  Study),  40 
Likely  Place  for  a  Salmon,  A,  132 
Little  Boat  House,  The,  168 
Little  Calais  Pier,  91 
Long  Parish,  206 
Lovers'  Walk,  The,  64,  65 
Ludlow  Castle,  133 

Manorbeer  Castle,  48 

Maecenas,  The  Villa  of,  4 

Mill,  Iffley,  137 

Mill  Wheel,  144 

Millers,  Dusty,  173 

Minister's  Horse,  The,  197 

Mitre,  From  the,  72 

Moat  House,  The,  107 

Monk  Praying,  A,  185 

Monk  at  the  Fountain,  The,  186 

Monkey,  Dog  and,  96 

Monkeys,  Three  Sketches  of,  97 

Mount's  Bay,  121 

Mouth  of  a  Brook,  The,  22,  24 

Mytton  Hall,  1 1 

Near  the  Grande  Chartreuse,  49 

Near  the  Grande  Chartreuse  (a  Study),  50 

Newcastle  in  Emlyn,  56 

Newton  Manor,  165 

Nine  Barrow  Down,  158 

"  6  Laborum."     Hands  Etching,  87 

Old  Chelsea  Church,  103 

Old  Chelsea,  Whistler's  House,  47 

Old  Willesley  House,  95 

One  Tree  Farm,  193 

On  the  Test,  17 

Opposite  the  Inn,  Purfleet,  130 

Out  of  Study  Window,  15 

Outside  the  Cork  Convent,  Cintra,  183 

Paths,  Divergent,  153 
Penton  Hook,  63 
Pine  Trees,  207 
Pisa,  3 
Pool  Dornie,  149 

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INDEX. 

Porsenna,  Tomb  of,  I 

Portrait  of  F.  Seymour  Haden,  35 

Portrait.     Sketch,  55 

"  Puff."     Dog  Asleep  on  a  Chair,  98 

Purfleet,  The  Inn,  129 

Purfleet,  Opposite  the  Inn,  130 

Purfleet,  The  Inn,  and  opposite  the  Inn,  Purfleet,  131 

Putney,  Harry  Kelly's,  11 1 

Rabbit  Warren,  or  Combe  Bottom,  28 

Railway  Encroachment,  Kew,  67 

Richmond,  Early  Morning,  19 

Richmond  Hill,  A  Wood  below,  104 

River,  A  Lancashire,  199 

River  in  Ireland,  A,  84 

River,  A  Salmon,  208 

River's  Bank,  or  Dundrum  River,  42 

Riverside,  A  Devon,  124 

Road,  Cardigan,  85 

Salmon,  A  Likely  Place  for  a,  132 

Salmon  River,  A,  208 

Sawley  Abbey,  139 

Scotch  Firs,  Inveroran,  141 

Sheep,  The  Two,  135 

Shepperton,  73 

Shepperton  (a  Fragment),  74 

Shere  Alley,  or  The  Holly  Field,  29 

Shere  Mill  Pond  (Large  plate),  34 

Shere  Mill  Pond  (Small  study),  33 

Sisters,  The  Three,  123 

Sketch  of  Dogs'  Heads,  118 

Sketch  at  the  Back  of  a  Zinc  Plate,  170 

Sluice,  The,  160 

Smith,  House  of  the,  57 

Sonning  Aims-Houses,  108 

Sonning  Bank,  109 

Sonning  Gravel  Pit,  1 10 

Sonning,  The  Moat  House,  107 

Spain,  Grim,  176 

Spinning  for  Trout,  102 

Stems  (a  Study),  26 

Study  Window,  Out  of,  15 

Sub  Tegmine,  14 

Sunset  in  Ireland,  44 


INDEX. 

Sunset  on  the  Thames,  86 

Swanage  Bay,  164 

Tank,  Cintra,  181 

Teivy  at  Cardigan,  or  Cardigan  Bridge,  61 

Terrace,  Cintra,  182 

Test,  On  the,  17 

Thames  Ditton,  With  a  Sail,  66 

Thames  Fishermen,  9,  187 

Thames  Side,  114 

Thames  Side,  and,  The  Feathers  Tavern,  112 

Thames,  Sunset  on  the,  86 

Three  Calves,  The,  204 

Three  Sisters,  The,  123 

Three  Sketches  of  Monkeys,  97 

Three  Tree  Farm,  194 

Tiber,  Houses  on  the,  2 

Tipperary,  A  By-road  In,  27 

Toledo,  177 

Tomb  of  Porsenna,  The,  1 

Top  of  a  Tree,  23 

Topsail  Barges,  116 

Towing  Path,  69 

Tree,  Top  of  a,  23 

Trees,  A  Group  of,  1 19 

Trees,  Pine,  207 

Trout,  Spinning  for,  102 

Turkish  Bath— With  One  Figure,  126 

Turkish  Bath— With  Two  Figures,  125 

Turret,  The,  192 

Twickenham  Bushes,  100 

Twickenham  Church,  99 

Two  Asses,  43 

Two  Cows,  171 

Two  Sheep,  135 

Vicarage,  The,  175 
Villa  of  Maecenas,  The,  4 
Village  Ford,  The,  198 

Wareham  Bridge,  167 

Warren,  Rabbit,  or  Combe  Bottom,  28 

Water  Meadow,  A,  18 

Whistler's  House,  Old  Chelsea,  47 

Whitfield  Yew,  134 

Wicklow,  A  Castle,  County,  115 

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INDEX. 


Willesley,  Horsley's  House  at,  92 

Willesley,  House,  Old,  95 

Willows,  The,  172 

Winchelsea  Canal,  152 

Windmill  Hill  (No.  1),  154 

Windmill  Hill  (No.  2),  155 

Windmill  Hill  (No.  3),  156 

Windsor,  188 

Wood  Below  Richmond  Hill,  104 

Woods,  Encombe,  200 

Woods,  Encombe  (Second  plate),  201 

Yacht  Tavern,  Erith,  105 
Ye  Compleat  Angler,  157 

Zinc  Plate,  Sketch  on  the  Back  of  a,  1 70 


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